Mar 27, 2026 - For details about updated CVE-2025-53521 (BIG-IP APM vulnerability), refer to K000156741.

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som_86408
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Jun 30, 2018

Self sign certificate at the back end server

Hi,   At the back end server, we are using self sig certificate, and the communication between f5 to back end server should be secure. So do I need to import root certificate to trust the certific...
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Renato
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Jun 30, 2018

If you really need to authenticate the server you have to upload the CA bundle, with the root certificate and all the required intermediate ones. You don't need any key! After that you have to create a custom server ssl profile setting, in the Server Authentication area, the Server Certificate option as "require" and use your CA bundle as the Trusted Certificate Authorities option. And, finally, use this profile in your virtual server.