ERROR: certificate common name doesn't match requested host name
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Summary
Problem
An error like the following is thrown when wget is used to download JIRA.
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ERROR: certificate common name `s1.wpc.edgecastcdn.net' doesn't match requested host name `downloads.atlassian.com'.
To connect to downloads.atlassian.com insecurely, use `--no-check-certificate'.
Unable to establish SSL connectionSolution
Some versions of wget such as 1.12-2.fc13 do not correctly check the Server Alternate Name (SAN) property in the SSL certificate. More information can be found in the following bug report.
Workaround
As a workaround you can use curl to download the file.
Here's an example usage for curl
1curl -L --remote-name https://www.atlassian.com/software/jira/downloads/binary/atlassian-jira-6.4.3-x64.bin
Updated on April 8, 2025
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