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Description of problem:

After uploading an ECDSA certificate the Cockpit service does not restart.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):

cockpit-195.6-1.el7.centos.x86_64

How reproducible:

Configure cockpit with an ECDSA certificate and restart the service.

Actual results:

The cockpit service does not start. In system journal the error:

    May 27 17:32:09 vm5.dpnet.nethesis.it systemd[1]: Starting Cockpit Web Service...
    May 27 17:32:09 vm5.dpnet.nethesis.it remotectl[6666]: remotectl: /etc/cockpit/ws-certs.d/99-nethserver.cert: No PEM-encoded private key found
    May 27 17:32:09 vm5.dpnet.nethesis.it systemd[1]: cockpit.service: control process exited, code=exited status=1


Expected results:

A new cockpit-ws process is spawned offering the new ECDSA certificate.

Additional info:

Bug originally reported here: https://github.com/NethServer/dev/issues/6183

I see the upstream Cockpit project already fixed the issue: https://github.com/cockpit-project/cockpit/pull/13074

Is it possible to backport it to Cockpit 195 in EL7?

I'm happy to backport the fix. It's mostly Jan Scotka's decision whether he can fit it in QE-wise.

https://github.com/cockpit-project/cockpit/pull/14166

Since the problem described in this bug report should be
resolved in a recent advisory, it has been closed with a
resolution of ERRATA.

For information on the advisory (cockpit bug fix and enhancement update), and where to find the updated
files, follow the link below.

If the solution does not work for you, open a new bug report.

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2020:3950