Apache httpd failed to start with error 'Server-Cert' , SSL Library Error: -8181 Certificate has expired
Issue
- Apache
httpd
fails to start and does not produce error output. -
Apache
httpd
is unable to start with following error inerror_log
:[error] Certificate not verified: 'Server-Cert' , SSL Library Error: -8181 Certificate has expired
-
Or this error:
[error] SSL Library Error: -8181 Certificate has expired [error] Unable to verify certificate 'Server-Cert'. Add "NSSEnforceValidCerts off" to nss.conf so the server can start until the problem can be resolved.
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)
- 5.x
- 6.x
- 7.x
- Apache httpd with mod_nss
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