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Creating Wallet Fails with "improperly specified input name" (Doc ID 2517363.1)

Last updated on OCTOBER 20, 2021

Applies to:

Oracle HTTP Server - Version 12.2.1.3.0 and later
Information in this document applies to any platform.

Symptoms

When attempting to create the wallet, it fails with the following errors:

The following steps reproduce the issue:

1. cd <ORACLE_HOME>/oracle_common/bin
2. orapki wallet create -wallet <PATH_TO_WALLET> -pwd <PASSWORD>
3. orapki wallet add -wallet <PATH_TO_WALLET> -dn 'CN=hostname.domain,OU=Organization,O=Company, Inc,L=Location,ST=State,C=Country' -keysize 2048

* Note: If Windows OS, the dn information must be used double quotation like the following:
"CN=host.domain,OU=Organization,O=Company, Inc,L=Location,ST=State,C=Country"

Changes

 

Cause

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