Environment
NetIQ eDirectory 8.8 SP8 for Windows
Novell eDirectory 8.8 SP8 for Windows
Situation
Attempting to create a server certificate in iManager is resulting in the following error:
Server Certificate (Key Material) Creation Error
There was an error while trying to create the Server Certificate. You need to delete the Server Certificate, if it exists, and start the creation process again.
The error code is:
When trying to validate a server certificate results in a status of:
Invalid: System Error
Resolution
After launching NDSconsole it was observed that the PKI.DLM was not running though it was set to Automatic. Manually starting the PKI.DLM resolved the certificate errors.
Using NDSconsole the following services should be seen running by default on startup:
| DLM | Startup Type |
| dconserv | system |
| dhlog | auto |
| ds | auto |
| dsloader | manual |
| embox | auto |
| gams | manual |
| hconserv | auto |
| httpstk | manual |
| ncpengine | manual |
| ndsimon | auto |
| ndssnmp | auto |
| PKI | auto |
| sasl | manual |
| spmdclnt | manual |
| ssldp | auto |
| ssncp | auto |
| sss | manual |