Unable to use pass phrase protected key with https_port option in squid.conf.
Issue
- Squid prints following error in /var/log/squid/cache.log at start up when a certificate and pass phrase protected key is used with "https_port" parameter:
2012/09/18 09:54:51| Ignoring https_port [::]:443 due to SSL initialization failure.
- Following configuration is used in /etc/squid/squid.conf where /etc/squid/certs/key.pem is pass phrase protected:
https_port 443 accel cert=/etc/squid/certs/cert.pem key=/etc/squid/certs/key.pem defaultsite=example.com protocol=http
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
- squid-3.1.10-1.el6_2.4
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