Certificate Authentication Error Despite Adding Certificate to Super Administrator Role

[Manju-212]

Hello EJBCA Community,

I have installed ejbca manually,created and added a client certificate to the Super Administrator Role in EJBCA. However, I am encountering the following error repeatedly in the server logs during authentication attempts while accessing the adminweb :

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12:22:00,225 INFO  [org.ejbca.core.ejb.authentication.web.WebAuthenticationProviderSessionBean] (default task-1) The certificate is revoked or cannot be located in the database. SubjectDN 'CN=client_manju,OU=Example,O=ExampleOrg,L=City,ST=State,C=US'.
12:22:00,225 INFO  [org.cesecore.audit.impl.log4j.Log4jDevice] (default task-1) 2025-09-03 12:22:00+05:30;AUTHENTICATION;FAILURE;ADMINWEB;EJBCA;none;;;;msg=The certificate is revoked or cannot be located in the database. SubjectDN 'CN=client_manju,OU=Example,O=ExampleOrg,L=City,ST=State,C=US'.

I have verified that the certificate is issued and assigned correctly, but the system still cannot authenticate using this certificate.
Could you please help me understand why this error persists even after adding the certificate to the Super Administrator Role?

[primetomas]

is your admin certificate issued from another CA instance?

[Manju-212]

It was not issued from other instance.

I found the solution in the documentation. By setting web.reqcertindb=false in the configuration, the issue was resolved. Thank you!