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Running ThirdPartyCertificateTool to create csr returns Help menu

Troubleshooting


Problem

Attempting to run the following command using the ThirdPartyCertificateTool to generate csr  displays the Help menu.

ThirdPartyCertificateTool.bat -c -e -d "CN=abc,ou=support,c=US" -r encryptRequest.csr -p NoPassWordSet

Cause

A new version of this tool was added in R12 which requires that you specify the key pair algorithm using the -a parameter.

Resolving The Problem

A new version of the ThirdPartyCertificateTool was added in 11.0.12.

The CSRs use SHA256 digest when using this newer version of the tool versus SHA1 in past versions.

Now when running the tool to create the csr you must include the - a parameter to specify the key pair algorithm.   Currently RSA and EC keys should work.

ThirdPartyCertificateTool.[bat|sh] -c -e -d "<DN>" -r ..\configuration\certs\my.csr -p NoPassWordSet -a rsa

or

ThirdPartyCertificateTool.[bat|sh] -c -e -d "<DN>" -r ..\configuration\certs\my.csr -p NoPassWordSet -a ec

Document Location

Worldwide

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Document Information

Modified date:
05 June 2019

UID

ibm10886773

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