# Error dialing x509: certificate signed by unknown authority

**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-dialing-x509-certificate-signed-by-unknown-authority/322258
**Category:** Beats
**Tags:** metricbeat
**Created:** [January 1, 2023, 10:55am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-dialing-x509-certificate-signed-by-unknown-authority/322258 "2023-01-01T10:55:45Z")
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### Author: ![ntmxglrtayl03](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/ntmxglrtayl03/32/115075_2.png) [@ntmxglrtayl03](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ntmxglrtayl03)
#### Post date: [January 1, 2023, 10:55am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-dialing-x509-certificate-signed-by-unknown-authority/322258/1 "2023-01-01T10:55:45Z")

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I configured them but still got this error  
Error dialing x509: certificate signed by unknown authority

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### Author: ![Ayush\_Mathur](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/ayush_mathur/32/77134_2.png) [@Ayush\_Mathur](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Ayush_Mathur)
#### Post date: [January 6, 2023, 11:18am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-dialing-x509-certificate-signed-by-unknown-authority/322258/2 "2023-01-06T11:18:08Z")

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How have you generated the SSL certificates ? Did you elasticsearch-certutil for self-signed certificates or were they provided by some CSP after raising a CSR on organization level?  
Also, what's the point of configuring SSL on elasticsearch module when you are not going to validate the certificate/key pair during handshake ?

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### Author: ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [February 3, 2023, 1:18pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-dialing-x509-certificate-signed-by-unknown-authority/322258/3 "2023-02-03T13:18:12Z")

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