# Can't authenticate to AWX using LDAPS auth

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/cant-authenticate-to-awx-using-ldaps-auth/38456>\
**Category:** AWX Project\
**Tags:** awx\
**Created:** [September 21, 2023, 12:57pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/cant-authenticate-to-awx-using-ldaps-auth/38456 "2023-09-21T12:57:44Z")\
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**Author:** ![Bahram\_Sabri](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/258eb7/32.png) [@Bahram\_Sabri](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Bahram_Sabri)\
**Post date:** [September 21, 2023, 12:57pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/cant-authenticate-to-awx-using-ldaps-auth/38456/1 "2023-09-21T12:57:44Z")

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Hello,

I just changed from ldap to ldaps, It was working fine with ldap but since switching to LDAPS I can not authenticate to AWX. I use k3s and awx-operator v22.0.0

django\_auth\_ldap Caught LDAPError while authenticating testuser: SERVER\_DOWN({‘result’: -1, ‘desc’: “Can’t contact LDAP server”, ‘errno’: 9, ‘ctrls’: , ‘info’: ‘error:0A000086:SSL routines::certificate verify failed (unable to get local issuer certificate)’})  
2023-09-21 12:47:55,408 WARNING [f485337e6db14d07930e7b2324d4f96f] awx.api.generics Login failed for user

Any idea on how to fix this issue?

Kind regards,

Bahram