How To Fix NRPE “Could not complete SSL handshake” Error

Author: erics, December 13th, 2010

If you get this obnoxious error fron Nagios/NRPE: “CHECK_NRPE: Error – Could not complete SSL handshake” Make sure to comment out the following line in /etc/nagios/nrpe.cfg: #allowed_hosts=127.0.0.1 Use this to test on MacOSX: /opt/local/libexec/nagios/check_nrpe -H {IP} NOTE: Be sure to fully stop and restart nrpe!

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How To Fix Webmin SSL Setup Errors

Author: erics, October 19th, 2010

I was getting this error:

Edit the file /etc/webmin/miniserv.conf and add:

Categories: How-To's, Technology Tags: .pem, FC 12, Fedora, howto, key, miniserv, miniserv.conf, private key, ssl, ssl_redirect, tips, Webmin | No comments

Certifiable!

Author: erics, October 16th, 2009

Got the client’s web server to accept secure connections via SSL. I configured Apache httpd.conf properly so it used the right certificate file and it finally started working. I love lsof – what a great tool. Naomi just got home. Time for some TLC for her.

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Looking for Authority…

Author: erics, October 16th, 2009

Need to find the client’s SSL cert – anyone seen it?

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