Category: Break / Fix

If you are configuring the Hue load balancer with Apache httpd 2.4 and TLS certificates, there is a chance that you may end up with errors. The httpd proxy will check the certificates of the target systems and if they do not pass some basic consistency checks, the proxied connection fails. This could happen if you are using self-signed certificates or a private certificate authority. The subject of the target certificate may be incorrect (ie the CommonName or CN may be wrong in the cert) or the subjectAlternativeName (SAN) may not match the subject. Error messages in the Hue httpd logs in /var/log/hue-httpd/error_log may include: AH01084: pass request body failed to AH00898: Error during SSL Handshake with remote server returned by Disabling target system certificate checks is a temporary solution. Add the following lines to the Hue load balancer httpd.conf. SSLProxyCheckPeerCN off SSLProxyCheckPeerName off If using Cloudera Manager to configure…