certificate for protocol %s is not correctly configured

Error message

certificate for protocol %s is not correctly configured

What it means

Error "certificate for protocol %s is not correctly configured" thrown in goharbor/harbor.

Source

Thrown at src/jobservice/config/config.go:328

			JobServiceProtocolHTTP,
			JobServiceProtocolHTTPS,
			c.Protocol)
	}

	if !utils.IsValidPort(c.Port) {
		return fmt.Errorf("port number should be a none zero integer and less or equal 65535, but current is %d", c.Port)
	}

	if c.Protocol == JobServiceProtocolHTTPS {
		if c.HTTPSConfig == nil {
			return fmt.Errorf("certificate must be configured if serve with protocol %s", c.Protocol)
		}

		if utils.IsEmptyStr(c.HTTPSConfig.Cert) ||
			!utils.FileExists(c.HTTPSConfig.Cert) ||
			utils.IsEmptyStr(c.HTTPSConfig.Key) ||
			!utils.FileExists(c.HTTPSConfig.Key) {
			return fmt.Errorf("certificate for protocol %s is not correctly configured", c.Protocol)
		}
	}

	if c.PoolConfig == nil {
		return errors.New("no worker worker is configured")
	}

	if c.PoolConfig.Backend != JobServicePoolBackendRedis {
		return fmt.Errorf("worker worker backend %s does not support", c.PoolConfig.Backend)
	}

	// When backend is redis
	if c.PoolConfig.Backend == JobServicePoolBackendRedis {
		if c.PoolConfig.RedisPoolCfg == nil {
			return fmt.Errorf("redis worker must be configured when backend is set to '%s'", c.PoolConfig.Backend)
		}
		if utils.IsEmptyStr(c.PoolConfig.RedisPoolCfg.RedisURL) {
			return errors.New("URL of redis worker is empty")

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When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at src/jobservice/config/config.go:328 when the library encounters an invalid state.

Common situations: See trigger scenarios.

Understand the failure class

SSL/TLS and certificate errors — how TLS handshakes and certificate validation fail.

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