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External Key Manager in unknown state with SSL peer validation errors

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Applies to

  • ONTAP 9
  • External Key Management (EKM)
  • Key Management Interoperability Protocol (KMIP)

Issue

  • External key managers report "Unknown" status with the SSL_PEER_VALIDATION errors:

::*> security key-manager external show-status

Node Vserver Key Server
Status
---- ------- ------------------------------------------- ---------------
cluster-1a

SVM1
x.x.x.x:5696 unknown
Status Details: SSL_PEER_VALIDATION

  • Volume creations will fail with the following error:

cluster1::> volume create -vserver svm1 -size 1G -volume vol1 -state online -aggregate aggr1_cluster1b

Error: command failed: One or more key servers are unavailable for Vserver "cluster1". Use the "security key-manager external show-status -vserver cluster1" command to check the status of the key servers. Verify that the network configuration is correct.

 

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