# Failed to load SSL configuration on windows server

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/failed-to-load-ssl-configuration-on-windows-server/251852>\
**Category:** Elastic Security\
**Created:** [October 13, 2020, 7:01am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/failed-to-load-ssl-configuration-on-windows-server/251852 "2020-10-13T07:01:17Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![dorcas](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dorcas/32/71176_2.png) [@dorcas](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dorcas)\
**Post date:** [October 13, 2020, 7:01am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/failed-to-load-ssl-configuration-on-windows-server/251852/1 "2020-10-13T07:01:17Z")

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hello am getting this error on a windows server kindly help failed to load SSL configuration [xpack.security.http.ssl] am using version elasticsearch-7.6.1 and i installed the .p12 on the server and i can see this on mmc but if i start elastic search i get this error in my log (edited)

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**Author:** ![Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/christian_dahlqvist/32/4617_2.png) [@Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Christian_Dahlqvist)\
**Post date:** [October 13, 2020, 7:04am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/failed-to-load-ssl-configuration-on-windows-server/251852/2 "2020-10-13T07:04:34Z")

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Please provide more details, e.g. which version of Elasticsearch you are using, what your configuration looks like and the fill error message.

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**Author:** ![dorcas](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dorcas/32/71176_2.png) [@dorcas](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dorcas)\
**Post date:** [October 13, 2020, 7:10am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/failed-to-load-ssl-configuration-on-windows-server/251852/3 "2020-10-13T07:10:29Z")

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hello am getting this error on a windows server kindly help failed to load SSL configuration [xpack.security.http.ssl] am using version elasticsearch-7.6.1 and i installed the .p12 on the server and i can see this on mmc but if i start elastic search i get this error in my log

Solution to this problem  
make sure when http.p12 is installed  
select place all certificate in the following store  
then pick trusted root certification authority  
and click ok  
open mmc and copy this file in trusted root certification authority and paste in personal tab  
run this command on cmd certutil.exe -repairstore my (copy serialnumber in details in mmc)  
if not successful something is wrong with your install

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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:** [November 4, 2022, 8:15am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/failed-to-load-ssl-configuration-on-windows-server/251852/4 "2022-11-04T08:15:15Z")

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