IBM Streams 4.3.0

Client certificate file path is incorrect

Symptoms

IBM® Streams issues the following error message:

CDISC5400E Unexpected error while performing certificate authentication.  Cause: /incorrect-file-path/client_certificate.pem (No such file or directory)

Causes

The STREAMS_X509CERT environment variable does not contain a correct path to the client certificate file.

Resolving the problem

Set the STREAMS_X509CERT environment variable to the correct fully qualified path to the client certificate, for example:

export STREAMS_X509CERT=/streamscertificates/client_certificate.pem

If the STREAMS_X509CERT environment variable is set, IBM Streams attempts to use certificate authentication before using your default authentication method (PAM or LDAP).

If you do not want to authenticate with a client certificate, remove the STREAMS_X509CERT environment variable setting, for example:

unset STREAMS_X509CERT