Hey all

So i noticed that the SSL cert for my DRAC 5 in a PE 2950 Gen 2 was out of date so i thought, hey, lets just generate a self signed and apply it

 

So with Open SSL i generated a new SSL and applied it using the CSR from the DRAC (1024bit)

Then the DRAC restarted and i wasnt able to connect i was seeing the behaviour usually seen if the web server was not running.

I powered off the sever, fully unplugged it, hit the power button the clear power from all circuit, waited a half hour and plugged everything back in and powered it up - same error i can ping it, SSH to it but can view it through a web browser. I tried changing the IP, disabling and re-enabling the NIC - no dice

I tried racadm racreset through SSH - same thing

To get the thing back i had to do racadm sslresetcfg through the CLI it came back with the self signed cert (at least its valid for 20 years this time) my self signed was for 5.

So my thoughts either

1) the DRAC doesnt like self signed certs

or

2) I didnt have the option to upload the private key, causing the web server to fail to load the SSL because a key was not present

 

Question - how the heck do i apply the key?!

Server is running ALL of the lateset firmware updates for everything

Thanks in advance guys