{"id":8559,"date":"2015-07-29T12:22:04","date_gmt":"2015-07-29T11:22:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/myworldofit.net\/?p=8559"},"modified":"2015-07-29T12:22:04","modified_gmt":"2015-07-29T11:22:04","slug":"knackered-your-idrac-8-web-console-by-uploading-a-custom-ssl-certificate-signing-certificate-fix","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/myworldofit.net\/?p=8559","title":{"rendered":"Knackered your iDRAC 8 web console by uploading a Custom SSL Certificate Signing Certificate? &#8211; Fix"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/myworldofit.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/invalidsslidrac.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-8586\" src=\"https:\/\/myworldofit.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/invalidsslidrac-300x206.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"206\" srcset=\"https:\/\/myworldofit.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/invalidsslidrac-300x206.png 300w, https:\/\/myworldofit.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/invalidsslidrac.png 797w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>A bit of an interesting one today; while provisioning a pair of shiny new Dell T430s I had obtained and uploaded a valid 3rd party signed\u00a0SSL certificate to the iDRAC interface with a view to ensuring that whenever an administrator accessed the interface they didn&#8217;t get a invalid certificate warning.<\/p>\n<p>However after uploading the certificate and restarting iDRAC\u00a0I was presented with an error message in Internet Explorer starting that &#8216;The security certificate provided by this website is not secure&#8217;. In researching this it appeared that the site was either running a very old version of SSL or that the certificate had become &#8216;mangled&#8217; in the server somehow. Either way Internet Explorer, Google Chrome and Firefox did not allow me to bypass this error message.<\/p>\n<p>On way to resolve this issue was by accessing the server via SSH and running some commands (see screen shot sequence below for the details)&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><!-- default-view.php -->\n<div\n\tclass=\"ngg-galleryoverview default-view\n\t ngg-ajax-pagination-none\t\"\n\tid=\"ngg-gallery-9ecf6352e97d9045a41957f099c9990a-1\"\n\tdata-nextgen-gallery-id=\"102\"\n\tdata-gallery-id=\"102\"\n\t\tdata-gallery-name=\"dellidracssl\"\n\t>\n\n\t\t<!-- Thumbnails -->\n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-0\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"\n\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/myworldofit.net\/wp-content\/gallery\/dellidracssl\/1.PNG?t=1438169251\"\n\t\t\ttitle=\"First download PuTTY, set the connection type to SSH and enter the address to your iDRAC interface and then click Open.\"\n\t\t\tdata-src=\"https:\/\/myworldofit.net\/wp-content\/gallery\/dellidracssl\/1.PNG?t=1438169251\"\n\t\t\tdata-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/myworldofit.net\/wp-content\/gallery\/dellidracssl\/thumbs\/thumbs_1.PNG?t=1438169251\"\n\t\t\tdata-image-id=\"825\"\n\t\t\tdata-image-name=\"1.PNG\"\n\t\t\tdata-title=\"1\"\n\t\t\tdata-description=\"First download PuTTY, set the connection type to SSH and enter the address to your iDRAC interface and then click Open.\"\n\t\t\tdata-image-slug=\"1-10\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"ngg-fancybox\" rel=\"9ecf6352e97d9045a41957f099c9990a\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img\n\t\t\t\t\ttitle=\"1\"\n\t\t\t\t\talt=\"1\"\n\t\t\t\t\tsrc=\"https:\/\/myworldofit.net\/wp-content\/gallery\/dellidracssl\/thumbs\/thumbs_1.PNG?t=1438169251\"\n\t\t\t\t\twidth=\"100\"\n\t\t\t\t\theight=\"75\"\n\t\t\t\t\tstyle=\"max-width:100%;\"\n\t\t\t\t\/>\n\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-1\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"\n\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/myworldofit.net\/wp-content\/gallery\/dellidracssl\/2.PNG?t=1438169251\"\n\t\t\ttitle=\"When prompted enter your username and password for a user with Administrator level permissions on iDRAC.\"\n\t\t\tdata-src=\"https:\/\/myworldofit.net\/wp-content\/gallery\/dellidracssl\/2.PNG?t=1438169251\"\n\t\t\tdata-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/myworldofit.net\/wp-content\/gallery\/dellidracssl\/thumbs\/thumbs_2.PNG?t=1438169251\"\n\t\t\tdata-image-id=\"826\"\n\t\t\tdata-image-name=\"2.PNG\"\n\t\t\tdata-title=\"2\"\n\t\t\tdata-description=\"When prompted enter your username and password for a user with Administrator level permissions on iDRAC.\"\n\t\t\tdata-image-slug=\"2-10\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"ngg-fancybox\" rel=\"9ecf6352e97d9045a41957f099c9990a\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img\n\t\t\t\t\ttitle=\"2\"\n\t\t\t\t\talt=\"2\"\n\t\t\t\t\tsrc=\"https:\/\/myworldofit.net\/wp-content\/gallery\/dellidracssl\/thumbs\/thumbs_2.PNG?t=1438169251\"\n\t\t\t\t\twidth=\"100\"\n\t\t\t\t\theight=\"75\"\n\t\t\t\t\tstyle=\"max-width:100%;\"\n\t\t\t\t\/>\n\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-2\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"\n\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/myworldofit.net\/wp-content\/gallery\/dellidracssl\/3.PNG?t=1438169251\"\n\t\t\ttitle=\"Enter the command racadm and hit enter to enter racadm mode.\"\n\t\t\tdata-src=\"https:\/\/myworldofit.net\/wp-content\/gallery\/dellidracssl\/3.PNG?t=1438169251\"\n\t\t\tdata-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/myworldofit.net\/wp-content\/gallery\/dellidracssl\/thumbs\/thumbs_3.PNG?t=1438169251\"\n\t\t\tdata-image-id=\"827\"\n\t\t\tdata-image-name=\"3.PNG\"\n\t\t\tdata-title=\"3\"\n\t\t\tdata-description=\"Enter the command racadm and hit enter to enter racadm mode.\"\n\t\t\tdata-image-slug=\"3-10\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"ngg-fancybox\" rel=\"9ecf6352e97d9045a41957f099c9990a\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img\n\t\t\t\t\ttitle=\"3\"\n\t\t\t\t\talt=\"3\"\n\t\t\t\t\tsrc=\"https:\/\/myworldofit.net\/wp-content\/gallery\/dellidracssl\/thumbs\/thumbs_3.PNG?t=1438169251\"\n\t\t\t\t\twidth=\"100\"\n\t\t\t\t\theight=\"75\"\n\t\t\t\t\tstyle=\"max-width:100%;\"\n\t\t\t\t\/>\n\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-3\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"\n\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/myworldofit.net\/wp-content\/gallery\/dellidracssl\/4.PNG?t=1438169251\"\n\t\t\ttitle=\"Enter the command sslresetcfg to reset the SSL certificate configuration on the server (this will automatically generate a self signed certificate for the server in the process) and hit enter.\"\n\t\t\tdata-src=\"https:\/\/myworldofit.net\/wp-content\/gallery\/dellidracssl\/4.PNG?t=1438169251\"\n\t\t\tdata-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/myworldofit.net\/wp-content\/gallery\/dellidracssl\/thumbs\/thumbs_4.PNG?t=1438169251\"\n\t\t\tdata-image-id=\"828\"\n\t\t\tdata-image-name=\"4.PNG\"\n\t\t\tdata-title=\"4\"\n\t\t\tdata-description=\"Enter the command sslresetcfg to reset the SSL certificate configuration on the server (this will automatically generate a self signed certificate for the server in the process) and hit enter.\"\n\t\t\tdata-image-slug=\"4-10\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"ngg-fancybox\" rel=\"9ecf6352e97d9045a41957f099c9990a\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img\n\t\t\t\t\ttitle=\"4\"\n\t\t\t\t\talt=\"4\"\n\t\t\t\t\tsrc=\"https:\/\/myworldofit.net\/wp-content\/gallery\/dellidracssl\/thumbs\/thumbs_4.PNG?t=1438169251\"\n\t\t\t\t\twidth=\"100\"\n\t\t\t\t\theight=\"75\"\n\t\t\t\t\tstyle=\"max-width:100%;\"\n\t\t\t\t\/>\n\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-4\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"\n\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/myworldofit.net\/wp-content\/gallery\/dellidracssl\/5.PNG?t=1438169251\"\n\t\t\ttitle=\"Finally run racreset to restart iDRAC on your server (it will not affect the running operating system) and hit enter.\"\n\t\t\tdata-src=\"https:\/\/myworldofit.net\/wp-content\/gallery\/dellidracssl\/5.PNG?t=1438169251\"\n\t\t\tdata-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/myworldofit.net\/wp-content\/gallery\/dellidracssl\/thumbs\/thumbs_5.PNG?t=1438169251\"\n\t\t\tdata-image-id=\"829\"\n\t\t\tdata-image-name=\"5.PNG\"\n\t\t\tdata-title=\"5\"\n\t\t\tdata-description=\"Finally run racreset to restart iDRAC on your server (it will not affect the running operating system) and hit enter.\"\n\t\t\tdata-image-slug=\"5-10\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"ngg-fancybox\" rel=\"9ecf6352e97d9045a41957f099c9990a\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img\n\t\t\t\t\ttitle=\"5\"\n\t\t\t\t\talt=\"5\"\n\t\t\t\t\tsrc=\"https:\/\/myworldofit.net\/wp-content\/gallery\/dellidracssl\/thumbs\/thumbs_5.PNG?t=1438169251\"\n\t\t\t\t\twidth=\"100\"\n\t\t\t\t\theight=\"75\"\n\t\t\t\t\tstyle=\"max-width:100%;\"\n\t\t\t\t\/>\n\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-5\" 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However after uploading the certificate and restarting iDRAC\u00a0I was presented&#8230; <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/myworldofit.net\/?p=8559\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21,11],"tags":[281,267,40],"series":[],"class_list":["post-8559","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-hardware","category-servers","tag-dell","tag-idrac","tag-ssl"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/myworldofit.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8559","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/myworldofit.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/myworldofit.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/myworldofit.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/myworldofit.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8559"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/myworldofit.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8559\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8587,"href":"https:\/\/myworldofit.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8559\/revisions\/8587"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/myworldofit.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8559"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/myworldofit.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8559"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/myworldofit.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8559"},{"taxonomy":"series","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/myworldofit.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fseries&post=8559"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}