The fence_vmware_soap fails with error `Server side certificate verification failed: <urlopen error [SSL: SSLV3_ALERT_HANDSHAKE_FAILURE] ssl/tls alert handshake failure`
Issue
- The fence agents
fence_vmware_soap
orfence_vmware_rest
fails with the following error:
# fence_vmware_soap -a '10.10.10.10' -l 'fence_user' -p 'fence_passwd' --ssl-insecure -o list
2024-12-31 09:17:01,487 ERROR: Server side certificate verification failed: <urlopen error [SSL: SSLV3_ALERT_HANDSHAKE_FAILURE] ssl/tls alert handshake failure (_ssl.c:1133)>
2024-12-31 09:17:01,487 ERROR: Unable to connect/login to fencing device
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8, 9
- High Availability Pacemaker cluster setup
fence_vmware_soap
orfence_vmware_rest
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