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Generate a Key & Certificate Using TMSH

  1. Generate a key and certificate.

(tmos)# create sys crypto key f5-testkey gen-certificate common-name utimaco.bigip.com nethsm-partition-name auto security-type nethsm

  1. Verify that the key was created.

(tmos)# list sys crypto key f5-testkey
sys crypto key f5-testkey {
    key-id 9745a1d81e2b84a36eee720aa05505a8
    key-size 2048
    key-type rsa-private
    nethsm-partition auto
    security-type nethsm
}

  1. Save the configuration.

(tmos)# save sys config

Saving running configuration...
  /config/bigip.conf
  /config/bigip_base.conf
  /config/bigip_user.conf
Saving Ethernet map ...done
Saving PCI map ...
 - verifying checksum .../var/run/f5pcimap: OK
done
 - saving ...done

  1. Verify the key available in the configuration GUI.

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Generated Key available in GUI