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Asked: 2026-05-10T22:09:42+00:00

I’ve generated a certificate request, submitted it to the Microsoft Certificate Services program. It

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I’ve generated a certificate request, submitted it to the Microsoft Certificate Services program. It issues the certificate. I downloaded it to conf/ssl/server.cert

I configured it in apache to using 

SSLCertificateFile conf/ssl/server.cert SSLCertificateKeyFile conf/ssl/server.key

When I start the server with this config I get

Secure Connection Failed An error occurred during a connection to 192.168.1.100.

Certificate type not approved for application. (Error code: sec_error_inadequate_cert_type) The page you are trying to view can not be shown because the authenticity of the received data could not be verified.

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If I download the CA Certificate and install it with

SSLCertificateFile conf/ssl/server.crt SSLCertificateKeyFile conf/ssl/server.key SSLCACertificateFile conf/ssl/cacert.crt

The server fails to start.

It works fine if I generate a self signed certificate an install it, but I need it to come from Microsoft Certificate Services so it won’t warn internal users about the certificate.

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  1. Sounds like your cert isn’t allowed to be used for a server. IIRC, you can view the certificate in a browser and look for Usage or some such language, and it should say SSL Server (possibly among other things).

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