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MVP

Dec 20, 2023

AS3 TLS certificate without passphrase

Hi! I am trying to use AS3 to create a HTTPS service. It seems I can not do it with only a cert and a key. "webcert": { "class": "Certificate", ...

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mihaic

Dec 20, 2023

I've managed to fix it myself.
So I'll share it, maybe it helps someone. The idea was to use Terraform to create a cert/key pair and then use it in my JSON template.

I have used base64 endcode to fix it.

                      "webcert": {
                        "class": "Certificate",
                        "remark": "in practice we recommend using a passphrase",
                        "certificate": { 
                            "base64": "${cert}"
                        },
                        "privateKey": {
                            "base64": "${key}"
                        }   
}

Here is the link to the whole project: https://github.com/czirakim/F5_AS3/tree/master

and more info, here : https://latebits.com/2023/12/18/using-terraform-and-as3-to-create-new-services-on-f5-ltm/

mihaic

MVP

Dec 20, 2023

I've managed to fix it myself.
So I'll share it, maybe it helps someone. The idea was to use Terraform to create a cert/key pair and then use it in my JSON template.

I have used base64 endcode to fix it.

                      "webcert": {
                        "class": "Certificate",
                        "remark": "in practice we recommend using a passphrase",
                        "certificate": { 
                            "base64": "${cert}"
                        },
                        "privateKey": {
                            "base64": "${key}"
                        }   
}