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Bryan_Vance_171
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Apr 11, 2016

Wildcard Certificates

We are looking at using a wildcard certificate going forward. I see where I can import the certs in Big IP and that it will except a PKCS 12 IIS cert and convert it to PEM for me. My question is when...
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Josiah_39459
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Apr 11, 2016

If you import a bundle cert/key, I'm pretty sure you will get both.

 

Is there any reason not to just try and see? It's completely non-disruptive and you will quickly know the answer.

 

  • Bryan_Vance_171's avatar
    Bryan_Vance_171
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    Apr 11, 2016
    That's a good point. They wanted me to make sure of the process before purchasing a cert. Thanks for the reply.
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    Josiah_39459
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    Apr 11, 2016
    The worst case scenario is you convert using openssl to a cert and key separate files and then import both separately. There is no way any cert/key you 'buy' (in any available popular format) will take more than 2 minutes to import into the bigip. openssl is installed on the bigip if you don't have your own installation somewhere and you can convert anything to anything easily.