Secure Web Socket - No credentials are available in the security package

Horkyze

Hi, when starting photon server with WSS configuration server don't start and says "No credentials are available in the security package"

At first i had problem with certificate cause it was installed in user profiles not computer profiles. But after resolving that i got this error which don't say much

Horkyze

Figured it out, you can't use just .crt file, you need to create .pfx which is .crt combined with .key

How to create pfx: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/808669/convert-a-cert-pem-certificate-to-a-pfx-certificate

after this, server loads

JohnTube

Hi @Horkyze,

Thank you for choosing Photon and for posting your finding here!

We should probably add all useful info for WSS setup to this docs page.
If you have any other suggestions let us know.

Horkyze

@JohnTube Is it even posible to test WSS with self issued certificates?
Chrome says ERR_INSECURE_RESPONSE
and FireFox show Cannot connect to .. and server shows this in Log

16860: 14:13:12.331 - CTCPWebSocketServer::OnError() - CFilteringStreamSocketConnectionManager::FilterReadCompleted() - Exception: CClientContext::DecryptData() - The certificate chain was issued by an authority that is not trusted.

im on localhost btw

JohnTube

Yes, this was changed in recent versions of the two browsers.
If you want to avoid those warnings, try one of the solutions from this link. Like this script.

Horkyze

Thx that solved it. Most important info is line 6 from that script
IMPORT THE .crt FILE INTO CHROME Trusted Root Certification Authorities

So, export or create .pfx certificate and then
Chrome->Settings->Advanced->Manage Certificates->Trusted Root Certificate Authorities -> Import