{"id":8796,"date":"2015-08-18T11:56:32","date_gmt":"2015-08-18T10:56:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/myworldofit.net\/?p=8796"},"modified":"2015-08-18T16:24:06","modified_gmt":"2015-08-18T15:24:06","slug":"requesting-a-csr-from-dell-idrac-gives-you-a-blank-file","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/myworldofit.net\/?p=8796","title":{"rendered":"Requesting a CSR from Dell iDRAC gives you a blank file"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/myworldofit.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-medium wp-image-8806 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/myworldofit.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/2-300x198.png\" alt=\"A blank csr.txt file\" width=\"300\" height=\"198\" srcset=\"https:\/\/myworldofit.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/2-300x198.png 300w, https:\/\/myworldofit.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/2.png 641w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>A interesting quirk of an issue with this one; when generating a CSR to secure the iDRAC (version 8) interface on a Dell T430 server it appears that you can&#8217;t use an\u00a0apostrophe in any of the fields else you are presented with a empty\/blank csr.txt file (see right).<\/p>\n<p>The work around is simple if a little annoying (especially when CSRs generated with other tools allow apostrophes) in that you remove the apostrophe from all of fields in the request. 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