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cpassuel
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Cannot install SSL certificate

Hello,

 

When I try to install SSL certificates (I had to create them manually because pbiviz --create-cert didn't worked) with pbiviz --install-cert and I recieve the following error message:

 

The string is missing the terminator: '.
    + CategoryInfo          : ParserError: (:) [], ParentContainsErrorRecordException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : TerminatorExpectedAtEndOfString

 

I checked on the forum and I have to clue where the error can be. Does someone already encounter this problem and how to solve it ?

PS: I'm using Windows 7 64bits.

 

Thanks

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v-viig
Community Champion
Community Champion

Since you have generated a certificate you should put it to a proper directory as described here.

 

If pbiviz --install-cert does not work for you you can try to install a certificate manually as described here.

 

Ignat Vilesov,

Software Engineer

 

Microsoft Power BI Custom Visuals

pbicvsupport@microsoft.com

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v-viig
Community Champion
Community Champion

Looks like there're some issues with PowerShell. What version of PowerShell is installed?

 

What issues did return --create-cert command?

 

Ignat Vilesov,

Software Engineer

 

Microsoft Power BI Custom Visuals

pbicvsupport@microsoft.com

Hello,

 

I'm using the version belown of PowerShell ( from $PSVersionTable.PSVersion)
Major  Minor  Build  Revision
-----  -----  -----  --------
3      0      -1     -1

 

I think that the problem with pbiviz --create-cert is that %APPDATA% has space in it. Here is the error message

req: Use -help for summary.
 error  Create certificate error: { Error: Command failed: openssl  req -newkey  rsa:2048 -nodes -keyout C:\Données d'applications\cpassuello\npm\node_modules\powerbi-visuals-tools\certs\PowerBICustomVisualTest_private.key -x509  -days 180 -out C:\Données d'applications\cpassuello\npm\node_modules\powerbi-visuals-tools\certs\PowerBICustomVisualTest_public.cer  -subj "/CN=localhost"
req: Use -help for summary.
    at checkExecSyncError (child_process.js:601:13)
    at execSync (child_process.js:641:13)
    at createCertFile (C:\Données d'applications\cpassuello\npm\node_modules\powerbi-visuals-tools\bin\pbiviz.js:160:25)
    at Command.<anonymous> (C:\Données d'applications\cpassuello\npm\node_modules\powerbi-visuals-tools\node_modules\commander\index.js:395:35)

 

When I try to create manualy certificates with the command line used by pbiviz and adding quotes (see below), it works ok

openssl req -newkey rsa:2048 -nodes -keyout "C:\Données d'applications\cpassuello\npm\node_modules\powerbi-visuals-tools\certs\PowerBICustomVisualTest_private.key" -x509 -days 180 -out "C:\Données d'applications\cpassuello\npm\node_modules\powerbi-visuals-tools\certs\PowerBICustomVisualTest_public.cer" -subj "/CN=localhost"

 

May be it's the same problem with pbiviz --install-cert (space in %APPDATA%). Unfortunately I cannot change this easily, it's a corporate policy.

 

PS: I reverted to powerbi-visuals-tools version 1.11.3 after reading some posts but it didn't fixed the problem

PPS: I installed OpenSSL because I'm on Windows 7 but it seems to work fine.

v-viig
Community Champion
Community Champion

Since you have generated a certificate you should put it to a proper directory as described here.

 

If pbiviz --install-cert does not work for you you can try to install a certificate manually as described here.

 

Ignat Vilesov,

Software Engineer

 

Microsoft Power BI Custom Visuals

pbicvsupport@microsoft.com

I finally ended by installing certificate manually.

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