Certificates play a large part in the configuration of the SAP applications. Several certificate types will be used as part of this configuration and must be imported into the LoadMaster. More information about managing LoadMaster certificates can be found in the SSL Accelerated Services, Feature Description.

Server Certificates

In order to encrypt the traffic between the client and the LoadMaster, the necessary certificates must be installed. If the configuration is going to be encrypted traffic from end to end, the same certificates on the back end systems can be used for this purpose. These certificates can either be in .PEM or .PFX formats and are imported under Certificates & Security > SSL Certificates in the main menu of the LoadMaster WUI.

Reverse Proxy Client Certificates

This certificate is used to authenticate the LoadMaster to the backend systems. This certificate should be imported prior to the configuration of the LoadMaster Virtual Services. These certificates can either be in .PEM or .PFX formats and are imported under Certificates & Security > SSL Certificates in the main menu of the LoadMaster WUI.

Intermediate Certificates

These certificates are imported to allow the LoadMaster to trust the Certificate Authorities used in obtaining the Server and Client Certificates. These certificates are in Base64 format and are imported under Certificates & Security > Intermediate Certs in the main menu of the LoadMaster WUI.