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Allanwynn_16283
Nimbostratus
NimbostratusHow to import .cer file on F5 Big IP
Hi Everyone,
Generally, based on the title you already know my question.
Due to an issue between Big IP and Server, we come up with a solution to let the server create the certificate then let i...
Kevin_Stewart
Employee
EmployeeA .cer file is usually just a certificate. If you look inside the file with a text editor you'll probably see this:
----- BEGIN CERTIFICATE -----
... a bunch of base64-encoded
certificate data ...
----- END CERTIFICATE -----
A private key will (usually) look like this:
----- BEGIN PRIVATE KEY -----
... a bunch of base64-encoded
private key data ...
----- END PRIVATE KEY -----
If you just see the certificate data, then you'd import that to the BIG-IP as a certificate.
