APIIDA API Gateway Manager

Certificate Authentication Does Not Work

Owned by Markus Müller
Sept 13, 2021
1 min read

How to check if the passphrase for a certificate is valid

If you are sure, that you entered the correct passphrase but the Gateway Manager fails with the message “Wrong format or invalid password?” please check if the passphrase is valid using OpenSSL (which the Gateway Manager uses internally):

openssl pkcs12 -in ./complex_password.p12

The output should look similar to this:

Enter Import Password: Bag Attributes friendlyName: aagm_usr localKeyID: CE F3 EB 3B FB AC 78 09 4B 36 4B BF D0 1D AE 03 88 D3 DE 6E

Why is my passphrase invalid?

There are certain characters (or combinations of characters) that are invalid. We are still looking for a comprehensive list. If you found one, don’t hesitate to contact us.