freeradius server not running

[Alan DeKok]

On Jul 25, 2019, at 7:21 PM, peter <peterthesing at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> With ssh-keygen I have created -with password- server.pem and ca.pem.

  Why?  The process for creating certificates is documented, and works.

$ cd raddb/certs
$ make

  Edit the "cnf" files if you need to have custom fields for the certificates.  Then, "make" again.

> Moved them to /etc/raddb/certs.
> 
> but now I've got the following errors:
> 
> tls: Failed reading certificate file "/etc/raddb/certs/server.pem"
> 
> tls: error:0906D06C:PEM routines:PEM_read_bio:no start line tls: error:140DC009:SSL routines:use_certificate_chain_file:PEM lib rlm_eap_tls: Failed initializing SSL context rlm_eap (EAP): Failed to initialise rlm_eap_tls /etc/raddb/mods-enabled/eap[14]: Instantiation failed for module "eap"

  The certificate that was created isn't in the correct format.

> Please bear in mind I am new here and this is the first time I going to use freeradius. A little patience is highly appreciated.
> 
> What is recommended to solve this problem?

  Follow the documentation.  Don't use random third-party tools to create certificates in some random format.

  Alan DeKok.