How to revoke certs after delete them from keys folder?

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Haxy
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How to revoke certs after delete them from keys folder?

Post by Haxy » Sat Jan 16, 2016 4:37 pm

Hi,

I made a wrong decision and delete keys from /keys folder before I run revoke-all command.
Now when I run revoke command for certificate I get error that the cert file isn't in keys folder.
How to propely revoke certificate without cert file in keys?
How to clear certificates database on server and generate certs from scratch?
Is it enough to delete certs files from keys folder on server withou run revoke command?

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Traffic
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Re: How to revoke certs after delete them from keys folder?

Post by Traffic » Sat Jan 16, 2016 5:49 pm

Delete all your certs/keys and start again (if you have a dh.pem file keep it as it is still ok to use).

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Re: How to revoke certs after delete them from keys folder?

Post by Haxy » Sat Jan 16, 2016 5:50 pm

So I can start again, don't need to revoke certs if I delete it before?

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