Problems installing certificate (certificate Private key did not match certificate)

[mbolanos]

Hello netlify team,

I have been having a problem with the installation of my SSL certificate in my domain librerianacional.com but it has been impossible because I get the error: Certificate Private key not match certificate.

Does this have to do with the conversion of the .crt and .pem files?

[perry]

hi there, is this the same situation that is being described here?

How to import SSL certs

Hi! I usually self-host a website, so I have SSL certs from Let’s Encrypt already. I’m having a pile of problems so I was going to use Netlify. I see the ‘import cert’ options, but I’m confused about how to properly import my certs. Here’s the question in a bit more detail: Netlify is asking for three things: PEM formatted certs, a private key, and a CA cert chain. I see these files on my machine, but there’s 3 for each one (e.g. cert1.pem, cert2.pem, cert3.pem). Am I supposed to paste in the o…

[mbolanos]

Hello Perry,

It is not the same situation, I have 3 files, one .crt, another .pem and the bundle.crt

If I put the private key with which the certificate was generated in GoDaddy next to my .crt or .pem file, it appears that the certificate does not match the Private key.

It doesn’t match either of them.

[fool]

OK, you’ll need to work with godaddy on that - we don’t know anything about their certs and we can’t change them for you or help you debug conversions you’ve done or what format they have sent you What I know is that you need what is described here: HTTPS (SSL) | Netlify Docs

and you will want these things (with example formats shown :))

• the certificate itself, in X.509 PEM format (usually a .crt file)

This should start with something like:

-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----
MIIGbDCCB

and end with something like:

....A==
-----END CERTIFICATE-----

• the private key you used to request the certificate

Should start with something like:

-----BEGIN PRIVATE KEY-----
MIIEvQIBADANB

and end with:

....nQjRDxA=
-----END PRIVATE KEY-----

• a chain of intermediary certificates from your Certificate Authority (CA)

This should be a single file, but may be several certificates concatenated together in the file, looking like:

-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----
MIIE

and ending with

E4f97Q=
-----END CERTIFICATE-----

(note there may be many similar stanzas in the same file, or only one; both ways can be valid).

Hope that helps!

[hillary]

Hey there, @mbolanos

I just wanted to follow up here and let you know that as a result of your question, we have written a support guide outlining tips for bringing your own custom SSL certificates to Netlify. Thanks for starting this conversation back in February. Hopefully future Forums members who find themselves in a similar situation will find this useful!

[Support Guide] Tips for bringing your own custom SSL certificates to Netlify

Hi there! While it’s not a very common occurrence, you may decide to bring your own custom TLS/SSL certificate to provide HTTPS for your Netlify site. Here are some tips that might be helpful in that instance. Also, our HTTPS (SSL) docs include guidelines on what you’ll need to enter in the Netlify app and where to go to enter it. If you’re stuck with questions about how to format those items, or you need to work with your external certificate provider to troubleshoot the custom cert, here are …

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