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Tamer_Ezzat_235's avatar
Tamer_Ezzat_235
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Jan 07, 2016

LTM SSL Profiles issue

Hi all,

 

Happy new year.

 

I have a website hosted on a Windows IIS server and want to publish it with SSL certificate. what are the configuration steps should I do on the F5 ? and what is the profile should I use client or server ? also what are SSL certificates will be added on the F5 by the way I get the certificate.pfx from the web server ?

 

another question what are the certificates should I add on the F5 if I will use an USB-token to authenticate the clients ?

 

Thanks

 

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  • nathe's avatar
    nathe
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    Tamer,

     

    In brief, to terminate the SSL connection you will need a Client SSL Profile configured and applied to the Virtual Server. If you need to re-encrypt to the backend webserver then you would also need a Server SSL Profile configured and applied to the Virtual Server (note, most times the default serverssl profile will work fine).

     

    You will need to export the cert/key from the existing web server, import onto the BIG-IP and associate with the new Client SSL Profile.

     

    Client certificate Authentication will require the Trusted CA certificate configured on the BIG-IP, perhaps a Root or Intermediate CA cert. Normally this would be from an internal PKI. You just configure the Client SSL profile to accept client certs signed from a particular Trusted Authority.

     

    See the following links for more granular help:

     

    Managing SSL certificates for BIG-IP systems using the Configuration utility

     

    Overview of the Client SSL profile

     

    Hope this helps,

     

    N

     

  • Hi Nathan,

     

    Thanks for your support

     

    So I will import the certificate.pfx file and create SSL client profile only OK that is fine

     

    and for Client certificate Authentication I will add in addition to the above certificate.pfx I will add the Trusted CA certificate Root or Intermediate CA cert.

     

    I will try then and will keep you updated.

     

    One more thing: each website should has a Trusted CA certificate - root CA or not ? should I create a root CA for each website ?

     

    Thanks for your help

     

    • nathe's avatar
      nathe
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      an intermediate should be fine, whatever has signed the client certificate
  • Hi Nathan,

     

    Thanks so much for your support

     

    It worked

     

    I created a SSL client profile using the certficate.pfx , and created SSL server profile using the default serverssl profile.

     

    Many thanks to you

     

    • nathe's avatar
      nathe
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      no probs. mark up if happy.