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Importing certificates issued by an OpenSSL CA

SSL certificate do not import
Converting an Open SSL certificate to PKCS7 format
You receive the following errors:
- Bad padding exception
- Given final block not properly padded

To import an OpenSSL certificate:

Create the keys.p12 and .CSR file according to the VDM Installation and Administration Guide.
Copy the .CSR file to the OpenSSL CA server.
Open a command prompt. For more information, see Opening a command or shell prompt (1003892) .
Run the following command:

openssl ca -in <vdmserver>.csr -out <nameofcertificate>.pem -config <nameofopensslconfigfile>.cnf
Use the certificate creator to remove the header portion of the PEM certificate file created.
Copy the .PEM file to the Connection Server and o pen the file using Windows Explorer.
Click Details > Copy to File.
Click PKCS7.
Select Include Details of Certificate.
Save the file with a .P7B extension.
Run the keytool import command and select the .P7B file created in step 10.

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