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F5 BIG IP (version 9)

The following instructions will guide you through the CSR generation process on F5 BIG-IP Loadbalancer (version 9).

  1. Open the F5 BIGIP Web GUI.
  2. Under Local Traffic select SSL Certificates and then Create.
  3. Under General Properties enter a certificate friendly name which will help distinguish the CSR going forward.
  4. Under Certificate Properties enter the following CSR details:
    • Issuer: Select the issuing “Certificate Authority”.
    • Common name: The FQDN (fully-qualified domain name) you want to secure with the certificate such as www.google.com, secure.website.org, *.domain.net, etc.
    • Division: Your department such as 'Information Technology' or ‘Website Security.’
    • Organization: The full legal name of your organization including the corporate identifier.
    • Locality, State or Province, Country: City, state, and country where your organization is legally incorporated. Do not abbreviate.
    • Email Address: Your email address.
    • Change Password, Confirm Password: Your password.
  5. For Key Properties, select RSA & 2048.
  6. Click the Finished button.
  7. Locate and open the newly created CSR in a text editor such as Notepad and copy all the text including:

  8. -----BEGIN CERTIFICATE REQUEST-----
    And
    -----END CERTIFICATE REQUEST-----

  9. Return to the Generation Form on our website and paste the entire CSR into the blank text box and continue with completing the generation process.