the directory was setup by that module without any problems. however, i had to use certutil to reinstall my own certificate ca, server cert p12 file. that all started without problems my certificates are set up correctly: openssl s_client -connect www.nc.com:636 CONNECTED(00000003) depth=1 C = NZ, O = Global Certificates Ltd., CN = globalcertsca verify return:1 depth=0 C = NZ, O = Global Certificates Ltd., CN = www.nc.com verify return:1 --- Certificate chain 0 s:C = NZ, O = Global Certificates Ltd., CN = www.nc.com i:C = NZ, O = Global Certificates Ltd., CN = globalcertsca 1 s:C = NZ, O = Global Certificates Ltd., CN = globalcertsca i:C = NZ, O = Global Certificates Ltd., CN = globalcertsca --- Server certificate -----BEGIN CERTIFICATE----- MIIC0DCCAjKgAwIBAgIIYhTylJZcqiEwCgYIKoZIzj0EAwQwSDELMAkGA1UEBhMC TloxITAfBgNVBAoTGEdsb2JhbCBDZXJ0aWZpY2F0ZXMgTHRkLjEWMBQGA1UEAxMN Z2xvYmFsY2VydHNjYTAgFw0yMjA0MTAwNTM3MDBaGA8yMDYyMDQxMDA1MzcwMFow RTELMAkGA1UEBhMCTloxITAfBgNVBAoTGEdsb2JhbCBDZXJ0aWZpY2F0ZXMgTHRk LjETMBEGA1UEAxMKd3d3Lm5jLmNvbTCBmzAQBgcqhkjOPQIBBgUrgQQAIwOBhgAE AB++mM0Cr+oVGYNS9YaXmJY2ZajXKt8kSt+ty5uLV3WrStcbFhWHOME0G4KijYRO LtyTg8gl1wLoFFhmqGIEZyzqAbkh3e9XqdoEYNPvciRakWKgQ4lnule9+OMgBxwo 9ddfnAwk/pRBKbRBqwKc8ouxhglbS55k+gBhteqOfl2ShAcbo4HDMIHAMAwGA1Ud EwEB/wQCMAAwHQYDVR0OBBYEFFoCFqObkZH0GsjD0q7XJ4FNlTGJMB8GA1UdIwQY MBaAFLrIsG+n6Vtl++4AB+BqJaXCGx9uMAsGA1UdDwQEAwID+DATBgNVHSUEDDAK BggrBgEFBQcDATAbBgNVHREEFDASggp3d3cubmMuY29thwTAqDkCMBEGCWCGSAGG +EIBAQQEAwIGQDAeBglghkgBhvhCAQ0EERYPeGNhIGNlcnRpZmljYXRlMAoGCCqG SM49BAMEA4GLADCBhwJCAek/1qOSzq5bMcrgS9sc0/4f4lcJjqgjn7xftvRH4Vso nKxeufHwF92TA62yGG34O8JcU5IQLM0tqYuUWK1XNjVvAkFmumOD6TYKZY+j/Lrj axUl8OhzyZH3cbi1FLjhtDfMIeH0Qe0mWRuNx6U7IKJILj57bn8JB42KtIqwnaQ4 eaMvXA== -----END CERTIFICATE----- subject=C = NZ, O = Global Certificates Ltd., CN = www.nc.com issuer=C = NZ, O = Global Certificates Ltd., CN = globalcertsca --- Acceptable client certificate CA names C = NZ, O = Global Certificates Ltd., CN = globalcertsca Requested Signature Algorithms: ECDSA+SHA256:ECDSA+SHA384:ECDSA+SHA512:ECDSA+SHA1:RSA-PSS+SHA256:RSA-PSS+SHA384:RSA-PSS+SHA512:RSA+SHA256:RSA+SHA384:RSA+SHA512:RSA+SHA1 Shared Requested Signature Algorithms: ECDSA+SHA256:ECDSA+SHA384:ECDSA+SHA512:RSA-PSS+SHA256:RSA-PSS+SHA384:RSA-PSS+SHA512:RSA+SHA256:RSA+SHA384:RSA+SHA512 Peer signing digest: SHA512 Peer signature type: ECDSA Server Temp Key: X25519, 253 bits --- SSL handshake has read 1897 bytes and written 414 bytes Verification: OK --- New, TLSv1.3, Cipher is TLS_AES_128_GCM_SHA256 Server public key is 521 bit Secure Renegotiation IS NOT supported Compression: NONE Expansion: NONE No ALPN negotiated Early data was not sent Verify return code: 0 (ok)