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diff --git a/doc/tls_cert_ca.html b/doc/tls_cert_ca.html index 7427bb03..2cae4040 100644 --- a/doc/tls_cert_ca.html +++ b/doc/tls_cert_ca.html @@ -48,7 +48,12 @@ trust under this model. That is why the CA's private key is so important - everyone getting hold of it is trusted by our rsyslog instances.</p> <center><img src="tls_cert_ca.jpg"></center> <p>To create a self-signed certificate, use the following commands with GnuTLS (which -is currently the only supported TLS library, what may change in the future): </p> +is currently the only supported TLS library, what may change in the future). +Please note that GnuTLS' tools are not installed by default on many platforms. Also, +the tools do not necessarily come with the GnuTLS core package. If you do not +have certtool on your system, check if there is package for the GnuTLS tools available +(under Fedora, for example, this is named gnutls-utils-<version> and +it is NOT installed by default). </p> <ol> <li>generate the private key: <pre>certtool --generate-privkey --outfile ca-key.pem</pre> |