| Installing
certificates from the certificate authority
After you obtain an x509 certificate from a certificate authority
for the SSL Accelerator, you must copy it onto each BIG-IP
Controller in the redundant configuration. You can configure
the accelerator with certificates using the Configuration
utility or from the command line.
To install certificates using the
Configuration utility
In the navigation pane, click Proxies. The Proxies screen
opens.
On Proxies screen, click the Install SSL Certificate Request
tab. The Install SSL Certificate screen opens.
In the Certfile Name box, type the fully qualified domain
name of the server with the file extension .crt. If you generated
a temporary certificate when you submitted a request to the
certificate authority, you can select the name of the certificate
from the drop down list. This allows you to overwrite the
temporary certificate with the certificate from the certificate
authority.
Paste the text of the certificate into the install SSL Certificate
window. Make sure you include the BEGIN CERTIFICATE line and
the END CERTIFICATE line.
Click the Write Certificate File button to install the certificate.
To install certificates from the
certificate authority using the command line
Copy the certificate into the following directory on each
BIG-IP Controller in a redundant system:
/config/bigconfig/ssl.crt/
Note: The certificate you
receive should overwrite the temporary certificate generated
by genkey or gencert.
If you used the genkey or gencert utilities
to generate the request file, a copy of the corresponding
key should already be in the following directory on the BIG-IP
Controller:
/config/bigconfig/ssl.key/
To install the intermediate certificate
using the command line
Copy the intermediate certificate (ComodoSecurityServicesCA.crt)
into each BIG-IP Controller in a redundant system. Open the
ComodoSecurityServicesCA.crt with a text editor.
Cut and paste the entire text of the certificate, including
the -----BEGIN CERTIFICATE----- and -----END CERTIFICATE-----
lines, into a file named intermediate-ca.crt. Be careful not
to include any leading or trailing whitespace before the beginning
and ending hyphens.
Place the intermediate-ca.crt file in the directory /config/bigconfig/ssl.crt/
Note: The ssl.crt directory is used to store certificates
and certificate authorities.
WARNING: In a redundant
system, the keys and certificates must be in place on both
controllers before you configure the SSL Accelerator. You
must do this manually; the configuration synchronization utilities
do not perform this function.
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