The fence_vmware_soap fails with error `Server side certificate verification failed: <urlopen error [SSL: SSLV3_ALERT_HANDSHAKE_FAILURE] ssl/tls alert handshake failure`

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Issue

  • The fence agents fence_vmware_soap or fence_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 or fence_vmware_rest

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