xCertReq throws timeout error but successfully retrieves certificate?

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xCertReq throws timeout error but successfully retrieves certificate?

[PlagueHO]

Hi @GoGus85 - thanks for reporting this.

Just a couple of questions to help me figure this one out:

1. Do you know which version of the xCertificate resource you're using?
2. Are you setting the credential parameter in the xCertReq?

There was a bug in 2.1.0.0 that did result in similar behavior to this.

[gustavdw]

Hello @PlagueHO,
Yes I'm running 2.2.0.0.
Yes I am, when I neglected to do so it failed earlier in the chain.

Looking in C:\windows\temp I have 5 files generated:
xCertReq*.inf
xCertReq.req
xCertReq.cer
xCertReq*.out
xCertReq*.rsp

The out file which is part of the statement thats throwing the error contains:
RequestId: 1001
RequestId: "1001"
Certificate retrieved(Issued) Issued

Running the same command through certreq.exe (with same parameters as launched by the powershell script) works fine.

[PlagueHO]

Hi @GoGus85 - I'll take a look at this over the next couple of days and see if I can figure out what is going on. Are you able to post a copy of your config (with any sensitive information removed)?

[gustavdw]

The only parts that are related are these. Could it be because I'm only importing one of the resources rather than the complete module?

Import-DscResource -Name MSFT_xCertReq

        # Acquire certificate
        xCertReq SslCertificate
        {
            Subject = $Node.NodeName
            CAServerFQDN = "cafqdn"
            CARootName = "carootname"
            Credential = $GenericCredential
        }

[PlagueHO]

Hi @GoGus85 - it is possible this is a problem. Could you try importing the entire Module?

[gustavdw]

Well that fixed the issue...Thanks for the help!