Forum Discussion
HTTP or HTTPs on backend servers if SSL Offloading is used
SSL bridging means that you terminate client side TLS on the BIG-IP, and then re-encrypt to the server. This requires client and server SSL profiles. The client SSL profile should of course have your client-facing server certificate and private key, and have proper cipher support. The server side, because the internal TLS connection isn't validated by default, can be very simple. In fact you can usually get away with using the built-in "serverssl" profile on the LTM VIP.
So then, yes, the Tomcat server is listening on HTTPS, the BIG-IP VIP is listening on HTTPS, but traffic is decrypted on the BIG-IP.
Help guide the future of your DevCentral Community!
What tools do you use to collaborate? (1min - anonymous)Recent Discussions
Related Content
* Getting Started on DevCentral
* Community Guidelines
* Community Terms of Use / EULA
* Community Ranking Explained
* Community Resources
* Contact the DevCentral Team
* Update MFA on account.f5.com
