Hello @Taylor
In most cases, this is caused by a file permission error. Make sure that the iotedge user has read permissions on the directory and certificates inside.
Could you please point out the documentation(s) you have used or referred to for this scenario?
Resolution posted by @ Tylor
the problem is somehow caused by some other package I have installed on the system. I'm not sure exactly what the package is doing to cause this problem, but having removed that package, I was able to get everything working as expected - I do need that other package so I'll have to figure out what's going on there, but thankfully this is not a problem with the IoT Edge software.