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r23_78178
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Jan 13, 2012

Certificate update

Hi,

 

 

I recently updated a certificate for a client. I did this before. I use the CLI because it is easy.

 

I did something like this :

 

 

echo 'BEGIN CERTIFICATE

 

 

 

 

> /config/ssl/ssl.crt/example.net.crt'

 

 

It worked then but now it did not work. Apparently the profile using the certificate had a passphrase . Last time i also updated the key this time only the certificate.

 

 

This is what the profile looked like :

 

 

profile clientssl example.net {

 

defaults from clientssl

 

key "example.net.key"

 

cert "example.net.crt"

 

passphrase ""

 

}

 

 

 

Any ideas on the behavior ? Do you know what I can do in the future to avoid such issues but still add certificates so simply ?

 

6 Replies

  • It worked then but now it did not work. what did it not work? what was the error? how did you know it did not work?
  • The customer checked the new certificate and it still showed the expiration date of the old certificate despite the fact that I had overwritten it. Not sure what browser they used.
  • have you done "b load" or "update" the ssl profile?

     

     

    sol10561: The BIG-IP system may not use a renewed SSL certificate

     

    http://support.f5.com/kb/en-us/solutions/public/10000/500/sol10561.html?sr=18707405
  • BTW - is there some way to use the "b load" command in a non dissruptive way ?
  • BTW - is there some way to use the "b load" command in a non dissruptive way ?i do not think so.