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Ashish_M_Gupta_'s avatar
Ashish_M_Gupta_
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Aug 20, 2018

Virtual server with server side profile : Do I need a cert on the backend servers?

If the VIP is assigned the default server SSL profile "serverssl" with default settings, do I need the cert on the backend servers for that virtual server? If not, why is that so? Under what circumst...
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quantiti_170569's avatar
quantiti_170569
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Aug 20, 2018

If your backend server running SSL you may need to add server ssl profile to Virtual Server. It also meaning you need certificate installed in your backend servers

 

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Kevin_Stewart
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Aug 21, 2018

SSL/TLS encryption relies on certificates and private keys. Any server that wants to do TLS MUST possess a certificate and associated private key. However, BIG-IP doesn't care what cert and key you use on the internal application server, as it will ignore any untrusted cert warnings. You can literally attach an internally-created self-signed cert and key to the web server that doesn't expire for 42 years.