# OpenSSL version for Beats input

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/openssl-version-for-beats-input/193522>\
**Category:** Logstash\
**Created:** [August 2, 2019, 11:49am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/openssl-version-for-beats-input/193522 "2019-08-02T11:49:23Z")\
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**Author:** ![tombar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a9a28c/32.png) [@tombar](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/tombar)\
**Post date:** [August 2, 2019, 11:49am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/openssl-version-for-beats-input/193522/1 "2019-08-02T11:49:23Z")

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I'm trying to secure the Beats input of section with SSL. I followed various tutorials to generate valid certificates, but I always end up with the error OPENSSL\_internal:WRONG\_VERSION\_NUMBER.

I'm using Ubuntu 18.04.2 with OpenSSL 1.1.1 11 Sep 2018. Is this the wrong version for Beats input?

If I try to use pem certificates from certutil I get the error that I need pkcs8 files, once I convert them with OpenSSL I again get the wrong version number error.

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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:** [August 30, 2019, 11:49am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/openssl-version-for-beats-input/193522/2 "2019-08-30T11:49:30Z")

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