asn1: syntax error: sequence truncated (urn:ietf:params:acme:error:malformed) about acmecert HOT 5 CLOSED

The problem turns out to be how I specified the CSR to getCertificateChain (via file://). After some debugging last night I realized that the contents of the file were not being sent through. When I passed in the contents of the CSR as a string it worked fine.

I was following the example but perhaps I did something wrong? I will check it out tonight and let you know if I was using the file:// parameter wrong.

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FYI, I used the same CSR with https://gethttpsforfree.com and was able to get a signed cert from Let's Encrypt so it rules out a CSR problem.

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Does it work if you run your CSR through openssl first, like this:
openssl req -in your.csr -out test.csr
and then use test.csr?

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Unintentionally the getCertificateChain function did indeed not accept a CSR from file using the file:// prefix :(

I've just released v2.5 which addresses this issue.

Thank you very much for spotting and reporting this bug!

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The fix looks good. Closing the bug.

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