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ORDS SSL Error: "RequestError: unable to verify the first certificate" (Doc ID 2971482.1)

Last updated on JANUARY 03, 2025

Applies to:

Oracle REST Data Services - Version 22.4 and later
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure - Database Service - Version N/A and later
Information in this document applies to any platform.

Symptoms

Configured ORDS standalone with SSL / https.

1. Converted the private key from .pem to .der
For example:  openssl pkcs8 -topk8 -inform PEM -outform DER -in server.key -out server.der -nocrypt

2. Modified the ORDS configuration as follows:
ords --config ${ORDS_CONFIG} config set standalone.https.cert /path/to/server.crt
ords --config ${ORDS_CONFIG} config set standalone.https.cert.key /path/to/server.der
ords --config ${ORDS_CONFIG} config set standalone.https.host <hostname>
ords --config ${ORDS_CONFIG} config set standalone.https.port 8443


Started standalone mode. Getting the following error when running ORDS URL:

Error: "RequestError: unable to verify the first certificate"

Cause

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