To Request a Certificate for the Distributed Authentication User Interface Load Balancer

Generate a certificate signing request to send to a CA.

1. Access https://is-f5.example.com, the BIG-IP load balancer login page, from a web browser.

2. Log in to the BIG-IP console using the following information.

   User Name:

   username

   Password:

   password

3. Click Configure your BIG-IP (R) using the Configuration Utility.

4. In the left pane of the console, click Proxies.

5. Click the Cert-Admin tab.

6. On the SSL Certificate Administration page, click Generate New Key Pair/Certificate Request.

7. On the Create Certificate Request page, provide the following information:

   Key Identifier:

   lb-3.example.com

   Organizational Unit Name:

   Deployment

   Domain Name:

   lb-3.example.com

   Challenge Password:

   password

   Retype Password:

   password

8. Click Generate Key Pair/Certificate Request.

   On the SSL Certificate Request page, the request is generated in the Certificate Request field.

9. Save the text contained in the Certificate Request field to a text file named lb-3.csr.

10. Log out of the console and close the browser.

11. Send lb-3.csr to the CA of your choice.