Bug #4164
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Reinstalling Foreman triggers "sec_error_reused_issuer_and_serial" error in Firefox
Description
When reinstalling Foreman, a new Puppet CA and master cert is generated with a serial number of "1" and "2" respectively. Firefox will remember the issuer (which won't change) and the serial number and throw an SSL mismatch error "sec_error_reused_issuer_and_serial".
Workaround:
Go to Firefox's preferences, Advanced tab, Encryption tab, click View Certificates, Servers tab and delete any entries for your server's hostname in that list. Close the browser completely, reopen and then hopefully it'll prompt you again to add an exception.
Updated by Dominic Cleal about 10 years ago
Unfortunately the Puppet CA serial handling is pretty monotonic and it always starts from 1. My only thought is if we can influence what the starting serial number is going to be, or perhaps get Puppet to use date stamps etc instead.
Updated by Dominic Cleal over 9 years ago
- Has duplicate Bug #6906: annoying sec_error_reused_issuer_and_serial added