Question X9DRW-IF Is there any rules about generating SSL certificates which we can upload to the IPMI? How do we create this SSL certificate? We tried to upload the 2048bit certificate from his other project and gets error below. This cert. was not created via generator in the IPMI web interface. " The SSL certificate validation failed. Please try to upload the certificate and key again." Answer Here are the instructions: openssl genrsa -out pvt.pem 1024 openssl req -new -key pvt.pem -out crt.pem openssl x509 -req -days 365 -in crt.pem -signkey pvt.pem -out crt.pem Was this FAQ helpful? YES      NO Enter Comments Below: Note: Your comments/feedback should be limited to this FAQ only. For technical support, please send an email to support@supermicro.com.  Enter your email address below if you'd like technical support staff to reply:  Please type the Captcha (no space) U V Y R FAQ Stats FAQ ID Related Category / Keyword Date Posted Code 18632 Hardware Monitoring: - IPMI 05/08/14     Print Answer