Exporting a Certificate and Private Key from Keychain

[chrisgrange]

I've recently upgraded our web server and wanted to export the SSL certs from our old one to our new one. When I tried to export the certs and keys (as .p12 files) from our old server it kept asking me for a password. No matter which password I put in (including no password) it said that I had entered it incorrectly. The strange thing is that when I created the certificate requests and submitted them to our Cert provider (IPSCA) I did not create a private key password. I can't find any good documentation for certs in Leopard Server. Any ideas?

[Scoops98]

I've had the same issue with exporting the root certificate. No help from me I'm afraid. Apple's support documents for sever leave much to be desired.

[chrisgrange]

Solved! Although not the most intuitive solution. You have to run Keychain Access as root. Open up a Terminal window and type:-

sudo /Applications/Utilities/Keychain\ Access.app/Contents/MacOS/Keychain\ Access

Enter your password and keychain will launch. You can now export Certs and private keys. It will still ask you for a password but you can leave it blank.

Hope this helps someone.

[ajpro]

Thank you! That helped me, after about an hour of staring at my screen and trying all the passwords I could think of.

"Not the most intuitive solution". Hehe. And not explained in the online help either, so thanks again!