Bug ID 1403789: APM Edge Client installation failed when trying it from the Windows command line prompt/MSI.

Last Modified: Apr 28, 2025

Affected Product(s):
APM-Clients APM(all modules)

Known Affected Versions:
16.1.4, 16.1.4.1, 16.1.4.2, 16.1.4.3, 16.1.5, 16.1.5.1, 16.1.5.2

Opened: Nov 27, 2023

Severity: 4-Minor

Symptoms

When the BIG-IP Edge Client is installed using the command-line interface (CLI) the below error is caused: Error 1406. Could not write value AskAboutUntrustedSSLCert to key \SOFTWARE\F5 Networks\RemoteAccess. System error. Verify that you have sufficient access to that key, or contact your support personnel.

Impact

The installation fails and the client components do not install.

Conditions

Edge Client is installed using either the CLI or msiexec.

Workaround

We need the flags "IGNORESSLSERVERCERTERRORS" and "ALLOWHTTPCONNECTIONS" to be specified as below: msiexec /i f5fpclients.msi /qn IGNORESSLSERVERCERTERRORS=<Value 0 or 1> ALLOWHTTPCONNECTIONS=<Value 0 or 1> /l*vx msiInstallerLog.txt IGNORESSLSERVERCERTERRORS=0 -> Does not allow Untrusted servers in Windows Edge client. IGNORESSLSERVERCERTERRORS=1 -> Allows untrusted servers in Windows Edge Client ALLOWHTTPCONNECTIONS=0 -> Does not Allow HTTP virtual server in Windows Edge Client. ALLOWHTTPCONNECTIONS=1 -> Allow HTTP virtual server in Windows Edge Client Example: msiexec /i f5fpclients.msi /qn IGNORESSLSERVERCERTERRORS=0 ALLOWHTTPCONNECTIONS=0 /l*vx msiInstallerLog.txt

Fix Information

None

Behavior Change

Guides & references

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