SSL Certificate

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SSL Certificate

This template applies Certificate Authority SSL Certificate to the vThunder instance. This certificate establishes an encrypted link between a server and your browser, ensuring that all data transferred between them remains private and secure.

To configure SSL certificate for a vThunder instance, perform the following steps:

Download A10-vThunder_ADC-CONFIGURATION > SSL-CERTIFICATE from GitHub.

From Start menu, open PowerShell and navigate to this downloaded folder and open the SSL_CONFIG_PARAM.json with a text editor.

NOTE:

Each parameter has a default value mentioned in the parameter file which can be modified as required.

Configure the following parameters:

Table 12 : JSON Parameters

Resource Name

Description

SSL Configuration

Specify SSL details.

        "sslConfig": {
            "requestTimeOut": 40,
            "path": "<absolute file path of certificate file>",
            "file": "<certificate file name>",
            "certificationType": "<certificate file type>"
          },

NOTE:

By default, SSL configuration is disabled i.e. no SSL configuration is applied.

Example

The sample values for the SSL certificate are as shown below:

      "sslConfig": {
          "requestTimeOut": 40,
          "Path": "C:\\............... \\server.pem",
          "File": "server",
          "CertificationType": "pem"
			}

vThunder instance/s details

Specify a 'Read/Write/HM' privilege username and the Public IP address of one or more vThunder instance/s depending on the deployed template.

        "vThUsername": "admin",
        "hostIPAddress": {
            "vThunderIP": [
                "<vThunder1 public IP>",
                "<vThunder2 public IP>"
            ]
        }

Verify if the configurations in the SSL_CONFIG_PARAM.json file are correct and then save the changes.

Run the following command to apply SSL configuration on the vThunder instance/s:

PS C:\Users\TestUser\A10-vThunder_ADC-CONFIGURATION\SSL-CERTIFICATE> .\SSL_CONFIG.ps1

Enter 'Y' to upload the SSL certificate when prompted:

Executing SSL-Configuration

SSL Certificate
Do you want to upload ssl certificate ?
[Y] Yes  [No] No [?] Help (default is "N"): Y

The certificate available at the 'sslConfig path' is uploaded.

Provide password for the vThunder instances/s whose IP address is mentioned in the SSL_CONFIG_PARAM.json file:
```
Enter Password for x.x.x.x : *********
```

If the SSL certificate is uploaded successfully, the following message is displayed:

SSL Configured.
Configurations are saved on partition:  shared
Session ID closed for x.x.x.x.