SSL certificate update: cannot analyze certificate

[Bernd Welter]

Hi SAP folks,

one of my customers tried to update his certificate store after having received this info about a new certificate.

Unfortunately he failed. As I do not know SAP S/4 HANA by myself I kindly ask the community for help:

I cannot upload the new PTV server certificate
I downloaded it from here: PTV xServer internet – SSL certificate update 2023 – PTV xServer Blog (ptvgroup.com)

While trying to upload it in SAP S/4 HANA system, I’m getting the following error message: Cannot analyze certificate.
Did you have similar issues with other customers? If yes, can you share how it was solved?

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Thanks for any help!
Best regards,
Bernd

[Howard]

Hello,

if I remember correctly there are different file types for certificates. The SAP Basis I dealt with in the past always complained that we send them the "incorrect" format. We usually just gave them the URL and they got the certificate themselves. So unfortunately I cannot really say what is wrong, but my suggestion would be to try out a different format type.

Good luck!

[co.bo]

Hello,

it seems that the certificate you are trying to upload is in PFX format, which is a bundled file containing the private key and the public SSL certificate. To use this certificate in your SAP S/4 HANA system, you might need to convert it to a different format or extract the required components.

Here are the steps to convert the PFX file to the required formats:

• First, extract the .pfx file from the .zip archive you downloaded. You can use any archive extraction software like WinZip or 7-Zip to do this.
• Next, you'll need to install OpenSSL on your system if you haven't already. OpenSSL is an open-source toolkit that can be used to convert certificates between different formats. You can download it from the official website: https://www.openssl.org/source/
• After installing OpenSSL, open a command prompt or terminal window and navigate to the directory where the extracted .pfx file is located.
• To convert the PFX file to a PEM file containing the certificate and private key, execute the following command:
  

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  openssl pkcs12 -in wildcard_cloud_ptvgroup_com_316416_USER.crt.pfx -out certificate.pem -nodes

  Replace 'wildcard_cloud_ptvgroup_com_316416_USER.crt.pfx' with the actual file name if it is different. This command will create a new PEM file called 'certificate.pem' containing both the certificate and the private key.
• Now, you might need to extract the certificate and private key separately. To do this, open the 'certificate.pem' file in a text editor and save the sections between '-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----' and '-----END CERTIFICATE-----' as 'certificate.crt', and the sections between '-----BEGIN PRIVATE KEY-----' and '-----END PRIVATE KEY-----' as 'privatekey.key'.

After converting the PFX file and extracting the required components, you should be able to upload the certificate and private key to your SAP S/4 HANA system. If you still encounter issues, please consult the SAP S/4 HANA documentation or contact their support team for further assistance.

kind regards
Boris

[felix.glueck]

Thanks for the detailed responses Howard and Boris