Network Management

Configuration Wizard Fails at "Configuring Certificate Management" Step in SolarWinds Platform 2024.4 and Above

The configuration wizard failed with an error related to Certificate Management Service. The Certificate Management Service logs show no possible error.

First published date

4/30/2025 11:31 PM

Last published date

12/5/2025 10:11 PM

Overview

Configuration Wizard Error related to Certificate Management Service:

Configuration Wizard Failed - Configuring Management Certificate FAILED 

 

Configuring Management Certificate FAILED
Services configuration failed:

Status (StatusCode="Unavailable".Details="Error starting gRPC call HttpRequestException: An error occurred while sending the request. WebException: The underlying connection was closed: An unexpected error occurred on a send.
IOException: Authentication failed because the remote party has closed the transport stream.".,
DebugException="System.Net.Http.HttpRequestException: An error occurred while sending the request.")

Product section

Orion Platform

Cause

Solarwinds Certificate Manager shows no issues as seen on this screenshot:

Certificate Manager BL

 

The cause of the issue is related to Solarwinds CM Client, Solarwinds CM Service, Solarwinds Root CA, and Solarwinds SCA Certificate that is currently added under Certificates\Personal. in Microsoft Certificate Manager:

Solarwinds Certificates

 

Resolution

Have Solarwinds Services stopped, especially the Solarwinds Certificate Manager. Remove the following certificates in the affected poller and then run the Configuration Wizard:

  • Solarwinds SCA
  • Solarwinds Root CA
  • Solarwinds CM Client
  • Solarwinds CM Services

If that issue persists even after removing those certificates mentioned, take note of the error and collect a fresh Solarwinds Diagnostics.

Option 2:

Remove all SolarWinds certificates added in the Personal\Certificates path in the Certificate Manager.

Re-run the configuration wizard to recreate all of the certificates.

Note:

 Collect a new set of diagnostics logs before performing Option 2. Also, make sure that there's a Server Snapshot before performing any other certificate removal in the Server.