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Dan_W__274799
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Oct 18, 2016
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HTTP Profile breaking HTTPS

I have a https_vs that does not offload the SSL. I also have two pools https_pool and https_training_pool. I have to have iRules to inspect the https address for "portal.newco.com" to go to the https...
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  • Hannes_Rapp_162's avatar
    Hannes_Rapp_162
    Oct 18, 2016

    It's mandatory to offload SSL in BigIP to inspect the HTTP headers (Host, and others). There's no way around it. However, you can use serverssl profile in conjunction with clientssl to re-encrypt before the request gets forwarded to a pool member.

     

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Hannes_Rapp
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Oct 18, 2016

It's mandatory to offload SSL in BigIP to inspect the HTTP headers (Host, and others). There's no way around it. However, you can use serverssl profile in conjunction with clientssl to re-encrypt before the request gets forwarded to a pool member.

 

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    Dan_W__274799
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    Oct 18, 2016

    When I set it with the serverssl and clientssl then I get a certificate error on the web page, and it doesn't seem to redirect my portal vs training pages. I receive a "Connection not secure" on the pages.

     

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    Hannes_Rapp
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    Oct 18, 2016

    Clientssl profile is the device default. It points to a self-signed certificate which ofcourse is not trusted by Web Browsers. To get rid of the "connection not secure" warning, you will need to take the valid SSL certificate, Private Key and CA Intermediary certificate from your Web Server that currently does SSL offload, and install those on BigIP.

     

    After you have the ca-issued certificate files installed on BigIP, you will create a custom client-ssl profile which points to those valid files. And once you have the custom client-ssl profile, you update your Virtual Server configuration accordingly. The server-ssl profile may remain default.