"unsupported certificate purpose" error when connecting to Apache http 2.x with Mutual Authentication
Issue
Mutual Authentication (two-way SSL) configuration in Apache httpd is not allowing (reponse http status 403 - forbidden) a clients to access an application. The error in the Apache httpd error_log
is:
AH02039: Certificate Verification: Error (26): unsupported certificate purpose
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)
- 7.x
- 8.x
- Apache httpd
- 2.2
- 2.4
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