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mihaic
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Dec 20, 2023
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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's avatar
mihaic
Icon for MVP rankMVP
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/