# Pem encoded key

**URL:** <https://community.start9.com/t/pem-encoded-key/5735>\
**Category:** StartOS Support\
**Created:** [September 14, 2026, 1:13pm UTC](https://community.start9.com/t/pem-encoded-key/5735 "2026-09-14T13:13:51Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![falkon810](https://community.start9.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/f/e99b99/32.png) [@falkon810](https://community.start9.com/u/falkon810)\
**Post date:** [September 14, 2026, 1:13pm UTC](https://community.start9.com/t/pem-encoded-key/5735/1 "2026-09-14T13:13:51Z")

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Hi, now there’s another issue with the PEM-encoded key. When I try to link server start9 to the VPS and stack here, it says an SSL certificate is required. You can have StartTunnel generate a certificate signed by its own Root CA, or provide your own certificate (and key).  
SSL Certificate: Provide  
Please paste in your PEM encoded private key: I am totaly new to all this and I want to learning.Thanks.

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**Author:** ![Alvaro](https://community.start9.com/user_avatar/community.start9.com/alvaro/32/452_2.png) [@Alvaro](https://community.start9.com/u/Alvaro)\
**Post date:** [September 14, 2026, 10:48pm UTC](https://community.start9.com/t/pem-encoded-key/5735/2 "2026-09-14T22:48:02Z")

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Make sure to follow the instruction in our documentation here:

[https://docs.start9.com/start-tunnel/1.0.x/](https://docs.start9.com/start-tunnel/1.0.x/)

They should guide you step by step on setting everything up.

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**Author:** ![falkon810](https://community.start9.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/f/e99b99/32.png) [@falkon810](https://community.start9.com/u/falkon810)\
**Post date:** [September 15, 2026, 7:38am UTC](https://community.start9.com/t/pem-encoded-key/5735/3 "2026-09-15T07:38:55Z")

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Hi, thanks for the reply. I followed all the steps, and indeed all sort it from satashi youtube channel.

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**Author:** ![falkon810](https://community.start9.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/f/e99b99/32.png) [@falkon810](https://community.start9.com/u/falkon810)\
**Post date:** [September 15, 2026, 10:08am UTC](https://community.start9.com/t/pem-encoded-key/5735/4 "2026-09-15T10:08:36Z")

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Thanks, Alvaro. All done and working fine. Many thanks.