SCW installation failure - Failed to Bind the port with SSL certificate
Applies to
- SnapCenter plugin for Windows (SCW)
- Windows Server 2022
- HTTP/3
Issue
- SCW plugin installation failure due to error shown in the
SnapCenter Server - InstallShield Wizard:
Failed to Bind the port with SSL Certificate.

- The corresponding
SMCore_Installlog shows an error when attempting to create the port binding with the SSL certificate:
WIXCSCA: BindPortSSLCertificate: GenericProcessFn_Execute: Execution Command: netsh http add sslcert ipport=0.0.0.0:8145 certhash=<CERTIFICATE_THUMBPRINT> guid=<GUID#>WIXCSCA: BindPortSSLCertificate: GenericProcessFn_Execute: Execution Output:WIXCSCA: BindPortSSLCertificate: GenericProcessFn_Execute: Execution Output: SSL Certificate add failed, Error: 1WIXCSCA: BindPortSSLCertificate: GenericProcessFn_Execute: Execution Output: Incorrect function.WIXCSCA: BindPortSSLCertificate: GenericProcessFn_Execute: Execution Output:WIXCSCA: BindPortSSLCertificate: GenericProcessFn_Execute: Execution Output:WIXCSCA: BindPortSSLCertificate: GenericProcessFn_Execute: Process successfully executed.WIXCSCA: BindPortSSLCertificate: Validate the port binding with our certificate.WIXCSCA: BindPortSSLCertificate: GenericProcessFn_Execute: Execution Command: netsh http show sslcert ipport=0.0.0.0:8145WIXCSCA: BindPortSSLCertificate: GenericProcessFn_Execute: Execution Output:WIXCSCA: BindPortSSLCertificate: GenericProcessFn_Execute: Execution Output: SSL Certificate bindings:WIXCSCA: BindPortSSLCertificate: GenericProcessFn_Execute: Execution Output: -------------------------WIXCSCA: BindPortSSLCertificate: GenericProcessFn_Execute: Execution Output:WIXCSCA: BindPortSSLCertificate: GenericProcessFn_Execute: Execution Output: The system cannot find the file specified.WIXCSCA: BindPortSSLCertificate: GenericProcessFn_Execute: Execution Output:WIXCSCA: BindPortSSLCertificate: GenericProcessFn_Execute: Execution Output:WIXCSCA: BindPortSSLCertificate: GenericProcessFn_Execute: Execution Output: Process successfully executed.WIXCSCA: BindPortSSLCertificate: Port binding validation failed. Aborting the installation.ERROR: Failed to Bind the port with SSL Certificate.- The
Windows System Event Viewerlog shows Event ID36871:
A fatal error occurred while creating a TLS server credential. The internal error state is 10013. The SSPI client process is SYSTEM (PID: 4).

