Dovecot no longer creates dovecot.pem file
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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Ubuntu Server Guide |
Fix Released
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Bug Description
Dovecot does not generate the dovecot.pem files as referenced in the Ubuntu guide:
ssl_cert = </etc/ssl/
ssl_key = </etc/ssl/
At least it didn't when I installed it with Ubuntu 16.04 as of Jan 19, 2017. I found references in other forums to this change, but can't find those links just now, or reference on the Dovecot site.
Nonetheless, these files can be generated manually using the following command:
sudo openssl req -new -x509 -days 1000 -nodes -out "/etc/dovecot/
This command was based on the tip from this site:
https:/
If someone could verify and update the docs, that would be helpful - this took me quite some time to workaround, and this command fixes the deficiency....
I just looked at <https:/ /help.ubuntu. com/lts/ serverguide/ dovecot- server. html>, but can't see that it claims that Dovecot creates the certificates. Rather it provides the "Certificates" link to a page where certificate creation is explained.
What did I miss?