Hi,
I tend to wget the jar file and run it off the command line.
I've updated 52 certs over the last few days and had no trouble at all
(apart from the clicking with the mouse, which gets a bit much when I do
the yearly updates; I could do with a set of command line tools to work
Certwizard jars/libs in a script. Yes, I know java development costs
money....)
Cheers,
Ste
On 02/05/17 16:17, John Hill wrote:
> On 02/05/2017 15:17, John Kewley wrote:
>> This is the behaviour I'd expect. As far as the CertWizard is
>> concerned then as they are signed by a "different" CA (the UK Root)
>> they are "Unknown".
>>
>> BTW Note that although CW seems to be working fine for me (as in I
>> can run it and get further than WInnie with no red writing saying
>> "offiline" - I.e. can't connect to CA server),
>> it is taking a long long time to run when accessed via the webstart
>> link on
>> http://www.ngs.ac.uk/ukca/certificates/certwizard.html
>
> I see the same thing the first time I access the webstart after a
> reboot of my (Windows 7) PC. Subsequent times it is much quicker. This
> is because Java takes an eternity to start up (I see similar behaviour
> with other Java applications).
>
> Cheers,
> John
>
>>
>> Cheers
>>
>> JK
>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Testbed Support for GridPP member institutes [mailto:TB-
>>> [log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of John Hill
>>> Sent: Tuesday, May 02, 2017 2:58 PM
>>> To: [log in to unmask]
>>> Subject: Re: Can't use certwizard, "cannot connect to CA server"
>>>
>>> As a followup to this: although I can perform the same operation as
>>> Winnie tried, both the "UK e-Science Root" and "UK e-Science CA 2B"
>>> certs in my keystore have the Status "Unknown (offline or certificate
>>> not recognized by UK CA". Sorry, but I can't remember whether this is
>>> the normal status or not.
>>>
>>> John
>>>
>>> On 02/05/2017 14:10, John Kewley wrote:
>>>> OK thanks
>>>>
>>>> Winnie - can you call me on Skype and I'll see if we can sort this
>>>> as it could
>>> well be an issue at your end somehow.
>>>>
>>>> Cheers
>>>>
>>>> JK
>>>>
>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>> From: Testbed Support for GridPP member institutes [mailto:TB-
>>>>> [log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of John Hill
>>>>> Sent: Tuesday, May 02, 2017 2:09 PM
>>>>> To: [log in to unmask]
>>>>> Subject: Re: Can't use certwizard, "cannot connect to CA server"
>>>>>
>>>>> Hi John,
>>>>> I can connect OK from Cambridge.
>>>>>
>>>>> Cheers,
>>>>> John
>>>>>
>>>>> On 02/05/2017 14:05, John Kewley wrote:
>>>>>> Hi
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Can someone who usually uses CertWizard please try for me and see
>>>>>> if it
>>>>> connects OK to the CA Server or if it gives Winnie's error when
>>>>> connecting
>>>>> from a machine that is not inside STFC's firewall - and post their
>>>>> result
>>> here.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> If you see other posts saying they could/couldn't connect then
>>>>>> that is
>>>>> sufficient.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Cheers
>>>>>>
>>>>>> JK
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>>>> From: Testbed Support for GridPP member institutes [mailto:TB-
>>>>>>> [log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Winnie Lacesso
>>>>>>> Sent: Monday, May 01, 2017 10:44 AM
>>>>>>> To: [log in to unmask]
>>>>>>> Subject: Can't use certwizard, "cannot connect to CA server"
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Heard no reply yet, sending this to tb-support in case someone
>>>>>>> else has
>>>>>>> had this experience & knows the solution. Hopefully!!!!
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Both Friday & Monday same error - can't connect to CA server, so it
>>> wasn't
>>>>>>> a one-off Friday problem.
>>>>>>> HELP, server cert expires v soon now! Need to renew!
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>>>>>>> Date: Fri, 28 Apr 2017 10:14:27 +0100 (BST)
>>>>>>> From: Winnie Lacesso <[log in to unmask]>
>>>>>>> To: UK Grid Operations Support Centre <[log in to unmask]>
>>>>>>> Subject: Can't use certwizard, "cannot connect to CA server"
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Happy Friday!
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> As I've done many times before, I fire up CertWizard & import a
>>>>>>> server
>>>>>>> cert that needs renewal. This time, though, red text appears saying
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> "You are working offline
>>>>>>> You will not be able to apply-for, renew or etc until a
>>>>>>> connection has
>>>>>>> been established. Hit the refresh button to try and reconnect."
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Nothing works. Are the UK CA servers down? I've tried from more
>>>>>>> than
>>>>> one
>>>>>>> computer here with same fail messages, so that seems evidence the
>>>>> problem
>>>>>>> is not one particular computer here.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Our server cert expires in 7 days so please can this be fixed ASAP?
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