To: [email protected]
Subject: relayd falis to start after adding a zerossl Certificate with an
EC PRIVATE KEY
From: [email protected]
Cc: [email protected]
Reply-To: root
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
Status: RO

>Synopsis: relayd fails to start when using an EC PRIVATEKEY
>Category: user: relayd can't use zerossl cetificate's private EC key
>Environment:
System      : OpenBSD 7.7
Details     : OpenBSD 7.7 (GENERIC.MP) #625: Sun Apr 13 08:30:20 MDT 2025
[email protected]:/usr/src/sys/arch/amd64/compile/GENERIC.MP

Architecture: OpenBSD.amd64
Machine     : amd64
>Description:
precise description of the problem (multiple lines)
relayd fails to start when using a EC PRIVATE KEY genarted by zerossl with
acme.sh version v3.1.2.

logs
Jun 20 16:57:23 openbsd77 relayd[10724]: ssl_load_pkey: failed to extract
RSA
Jun 20 16:57:23 openbsd77 relayd[30875]: adding 1 hosts from table
service3:8000
Jun 20 16:57:23 openbsd77 relayd[30875]: adding 1 hosts from table
service4:8000
Jun 20 16:57:23 openbsd77 relayd[10724]: relay: relay_launch: failed to
create TLS context
Jun 20 16:57:23 openbsd77 relayd[18317]: ssl_load_pkey: failed to extract
RSA
Jun 20 16:57:23 openbsd77 relayd[78679]: hce exiting, pid 78679
Jun 20 16:57:23 openbsd77 relayd[29969]: pfe exiting, pid 29969
Jun 20 16:57:23 openbsd77 relayd[45192]: ca exiting, pid 45192
Jun 20 16:57:23 openbsd77 relayd[50578]: ca exiting, pid 50578
Jun 20 16:57:23 openbsd77 relayd[30875]: ssl_load_pkey: failed to extract
RSA
Jun 20 16:57:23 openbsd77 relayd[16546]: lost child: pid 10724 exited
abnormally
Jun 20 16:57:23 openbsd77 relayd[30875]: relay: relay_launch: failed to
create TLS context
Jun 20 16:57:23 openbsd77 relayd[63200]: ca exiting, pid 63200
Jun 20 16:57:23 openbsd77 relayd[16546]: lost child: pid 30875 exited
abnormally
Jun 20 16:57:23 openbsd77 relayd[18317]: relay: relay_launch: failed to
create TLS context
Jun 20 16:57:23 openbsd77 relayd[16546]: lost child: pid 18317 exited
abnormally
Jun 20 16:57:23 openbsd77 relayd[16546]: parent terminating, pid 16546


Private key
----BEGIN EC PRIVATE KEY-----
MHcCAQEEIDWkQ84BBF3JzB3v7S3ADVW+KXFkRFdUqZB1ocHHXT5XoAoGCCqGSM49
AwEHoUQDQgAEkOTFxhA9R01AoG83wIC9LKiqR9SYegmiIQAkKJWJSB5TqrY9WYXH
FKYg5+vzH/erc7AlIK9V+Sw512N06ZePrA==
-----END EC PRIVATE KEY-------
>How-To-Repeat:

        Install zerossl certificate with an EC private key while some
services use
        an Lets encrypt certtificate
>Fix:
how to correct or work around the problem, if known (multiple lines)
        Only use Lets Encrypt certficates with relayd


dmesg:
OpenBSD 7.7 (GENERIC.MP) #625: Sun Apr 13 08:30:20 MDT 2025
    [email protected]:/usr/src/sys/arch/amd64/compile/GENERIC.MP
real mem = 8571977728 (8174MB)
avail mem = 8285679616 (7901MB)
random: good seed from bootblocks
mpath0 at root
scsibus0 at mpath0: 256 targets
mainbus0 at root
bios0 at mainbus0: SMBIOS rev. 2.7 @ 0xe0010 (242 entries)
bios0: vendor Phoenix Technologies LTD version "6.00" date 05/19/2017
bios0: VMware, Inc. VMware Virtual Platform
acpi0 at bios0: ACPI 4.0
acpi0: sleep states S0 S1 S4 S5
acpi0: tables DSDT FACP BOOT APIC MCFG SRAT HPET WAET DMAR
acpi0: wakeup devices PCI0(S3) USB_(S1) P2P0(S3) S1F0(S3) S2F0(S3) S8F0(S3)
S16F(S3) S18F(S3) S22F(S3) S23F(S3) S24F(S3) S25F(S3) PE40(S3) S1F0(S3)
PE50(S3) S1F0(S3) [...]
acpitimer0 at acpi0: 3579545 Hz, 24 bits
acpimadt0 at acpi0 addr 0xfee00000: PC-AT compat
cpu0 at mainbus0: apid 0 (boot processor)
cpu0: Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-3320M CPU @ 2.60GHz, 2594.76 MHz, 06-3a-09
cpu0: cpuid 1
edx=f8bfbff<FPU,VME,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,PAE,MCE,CX8,APIC,SEP,MTRR,PGE,MCA,CMOV,PAT,PSE36,CFLUSH,MMX,FXSR,SSE,SSE2,SS>
ecx=f7ba2223<SSE3,PCLMUL,VMX,SSSE3,CX16,PCID,SSE4.1,SSE4.2,x2APIC,POPCNT,DEADLINE,AES,XSAVE,AVX,F16C,RDRAND,HV>
cpu0: cpuid 6 eax=4<ARAT>
cpu0: cpuid 7.0 ebx=283<FSGSBASE,TSC_ADJUST,SMEP,ERMS>
edx=ac000000<IBRS,IBPB,STIBP,SSBD>
cpu0: cpuid a vers=1, gp=4, gpwidth=48
cpu0: cpuid 80000001 edx=28100800<NXE,RDTSCP,LONG> ecx=1<LAHF>
cpu0: cpuid 80000007 edx=100<ITSC>
cpu0: msr 10a=4<RSBA>
cpu0: MELTDOWN
cpu0: 32KB 64b/line 8-way D-cache, 32KB 64b/line 8-way I-cache, 256KB
64b/line 8-way L2 cache, 3MB 64b/line 12-way L3 cache
cpu0: smt 0, core 0, package 0
mtrr: Pentium Pro MTRR support, 8 var ranges, 88 fixed ranges
cpu0: apic clock running at 66MHz
cpu1 at mainbus0: apid 2 (application processor)
cpu1: Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-3320M CPU @ 2.60GHz, 2594.78 MHz, 06-3a-09
cpu1: smt 0, core 0, package 2
ioapic0 at mainbus0: apid 1 pa 0xfec00000, version 20, 24 pins
acpimcfg0 at acpi0
acpimcfg0: addr 0xf0000000, bus 0-127
acpihpet0 at acpi0: 14318179 Hz
acpiprt0 at acpi0: bus 0 (PCI0)
acpipci0 at acpi0 PCI0: 0x00000000 0x00000011 0x00000001
acpicmos0 at acpi0
"PNP0303" at acpi0 not configured
"VMW0003" at acpi0 not configured
"PNP0A05" at acpi0 not configured
acpiac0 at acpi0: AC unit online
acpicpu0 at acpi0: C1(@1 halt!)
acpicpu1 at acpi0: C1(@1 halt!)
cpu0: using IvyBridge MDS workaround
pvbus0 at mainbus0: VMware
vmt0 at pvbus0
pci0 at mainbus0 bus 0
pchb0 at pci0 dev 0 function 0 "Intel 82443BX AGP" rev 0x01
ppb0 at pci0 dev 1 function 0 "Intel 82443BX AGP" rev 0x01
pci1 at ppb0 bus 1
pcib0 at pci0 dev 7 function 0 "Intel 82371AB PIIX4 ISA" rev 0x08
pciide0 at pci0 dev 7 function 1 "Intel 82371AB IDE" rev 0x01: DMA, channel
0 configured to compatibility, channel 1 configured to compatibility
pciide0: channel 0 disabled (no drives)
atapiscsi0 at pciide0 channel 1 drive 0
scsibus1 at atapiscsi0: 2 targets
cd0 at scsibus1 targ 0 lun 0: <NECVMWar, VMware IDE CDR10, 1.00> removable
cd0(pciide0:1:0): using PIO mode 4, Ultra-DMA mode 2
piixpm0 at pci0 dev 7 function 3 "Intel 82371AB Power" rev 0x08: SMBus
disabled
"VMware VMCI" rev 0x10 at pci0 dev 7 function 7 not configured
vga1 at pci0 dev 15 function 0 "VMware SVGA II" rev 0x00
wsdisplay0 at vga1 mux 1: console (80x25, vt100 emulation)
wsdisplay0: screen 1-5 added (80x25, vt100 emulation)
ppb1 at pci0 dev 17 function 0 "VMware PCI" rev 0x02
pci2 at ppb1 bus 2
uhci0 at pci2 dev 0 function 0 "VMware UHCI" rev 0x00: apic 1 int 18
eap0 at pci2 dev 2 function 0 "Ensoniq AudioPCI97" rev 0x02: apic 1 int 16
ac97: codec id 0x43525913 (Cirrus Logic CS4297A rev 3)
audio0 at eap0
midi0 at eap0: <AudioPCI MIDI UART>
ehci0 at pci2 dev 3 function 0 "VMware EHCI" rev 0x00: apic 1 int 17
usb0 at ehci0: USB revision 2.0
uhub0 at usb0 configuration 1 interface 0 "VMware EHCI root hub" rev
2.00/1.00 addr 1
usb1 at uhci0: USB revision 1.0
uhub1 at usb1 configuration 1 interface 0 "VMware UHCI root hub" rev
1.00/1.00 addr 1
ppb2 at pci0 dev 21 function 0 "VMware PCIE" rev 0x01: msi
pci3 at ppb2 bus 3
vmx0 at pci3 dev 0 function 0 "VMware VMXNET3" rev 0x01: msix, 2 queues,
address 00:0c:29:29:b1:fb
ppb3 at pci0 dev 21 function 1 "VMware PCIE" rev 0x01: msi
pci4 at ppb3 bus 4
ppb4 at pci0 dev 21 function 2 "VMware PCIE" rev 0x01: msi
pci5 at ppb4 bus 5
ppb5 at pci0 dev 21 function 3 "VMware PCIE" rev 0x01: msi
pci6 at ppb5 bus 6
ppb6 at pci0 dev 21 function 4 "VMware PCIE" rev 0x01: msi
pci7 at ppb6 bus 7
ppb7 at pci0 dev 21 function 5 "VMware PCIE" rev 0x01: msi
pci8 at ppb7 bus 8
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Ronald F. Wekker
Tel: +31 6 520 522 41

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