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Gurpreet_40964
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Mar 01, 2012

Connecting to F5 i control API through JAVA code

I am getting error while connecting to F5 device. I guess probable reason is certificate (Caused by: java.lang.Exception: Truststore file does not exist:). Can anybody help me... how can i get this ce...
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Joe_Pruitt
Mar 01, 2012
Are you using the iControl library for Java that I built?

 

 

https://devcentral.f5.com/Community/GroupDetails/tabid/1082223/asg/2/Default.aspx

 

 

If not, what library are you using?

 

 

I ran into the truststore issue due to the self-signed certs that the BIG-IP uses. I implemented a trust provider in that library that I documented in this blog post:

 

 

https://devcentral.f5.com/weblogs/joe/archive/2005/07/06/1345.aspx

 

 

Hope this gives you enough to get you going. If you aren't using my library, I'd love to hear what other Java toolkit you are using.

 

 

-Joe