APM Machine Cert Auth unable to find the private key

The only time I have seen this is if the user doesn't have permission to the private key.

To troubleshoot you need to do a few things...

Enable client logging on the client machine by following the instructions on the following page by adding the registry entry described. http://support.f5.com/kb/en-us/solutions/public/12000/600/sol12639.html

Using the Windows-based registry
1. Open the Registry Editor by typing the following command from the Run prompt:
    regedit
2. Expand the HKEY_CURRENT_USER tree.
3. Expand the Software tree.
4. Expand the F5 Networks tree.
5. Expand the RemoteAccess tree.
6. Click the Logging tree.
    Note: If you see the LogLevel DWORD value in the right panel, skip to Step 11.
7. Right-click on the Logging tree.
8. Click New. 
9. Click DWORD Value.
10. Type LogLevel in the box, and then press the Enter key.
    Note: Registry value names are case sensitive.
11. In the right panel, double-click LogLevel. 
    A pop-up window displays.
12. Select the Decimal for the base option.
13. In the Value data: box, type the logging level. 
    Type 63 to set debug logging level.
    Type 31 to set normal logging level.
14. Click OK.

You will then want to navigate to

%userprofile%\Local Settings\Temp

or

%temp%

on Windows XP, or to

%userprofile%\AppData\Local\Temp

or

%temp%

on Windows 7 or Vista.

Look for the log file

f5mcertcheck.txt

and remove it. Connect to the APM and after it fails review the log file. If you would like you can post it here and we can try to see what is happening to cause your problems.

Regards,

Seth Cooper