Apache fails to start with "[error] Init: Unable to read pass phrase"
Issue
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I try to start httpd, but it fails and my ssl_error_log contains the following errors:
[Sun Mar 02 00:00:29 2014] [error] Init: Unable to read pass phrase [Hint: key introduced or changed before restart?] [Sun Mar 02 00:00:29 2014] [error] SSL Library Error: 218529960 error:0D0680A8:asn1 encoding routines:ASN1_CHECK_TLEN:wrong tag [Sun Mar 02 00:00:29 2014] [error] SSL Library Error: 218640442 error:0D08303A:asn1 encoding routines:ASN1_TEMPLATE_NOEXP_D2I:nested asn1 error [Sun Mar 02 00:00:29 2014] [error] SSL Library Error: 218529960 error:0D0680A8:asn1 encoding routines:ASN1_CHECK_TLEN:wrong tag [Sun Mar 02 00:00:29 2014] [error] SSL Library Error: 218595386 error:0D07803A:asn1 encoding routines:ASN1_ITEM_EX_D2I:nested asn1 error [Sun Mar 02 00:00:29 2014] [error] SSL Library Error: 67710980 error:04093004:rsa routines:OLD_RSA_PRIV_DECODE:RSA lib [Sun Mar 02 00:00:29 2014] [error] SSL Library Error: 218529960 error:0D0680A8:asn1 encoding routines:ASN1_CHECK_TLEN:wrong tag [Sun Mar 02 00:00:29 2014] [error] SSL Library Error: 218595386 error:0D07803A:asn1 encoding routines:ASN1_ITEM_EX_D2I:nested asn1 error
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Facing following issues after installing the certificates
Failed to configure encrypted (?) private key 10.10.10.10, check /opt/ABC/apache/certificates/abc.xyz.key
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)
- 6.3
- Apache Web Server (httpd)
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