ADC

Bind an SSL certificate to a virtual server on the Citrix ADC appliance

An SSL certificate is an essential part of SSL encryption and decryption processes. The certificate is used during an SSL handshake to establish the identity of the SSL server, which is the Citrix ADC appliance as it acts as the SSL termination point for the clients.

The certificate used for processing the SSL transactions must be bound to the virtual server (SSL) that receives the SSL data.

To bind an SSL certificate to an SSL virtual server using the command line interface

At the command prompt, type:

bind ssl vs  -certkeyName  show ssl vs  

Example:

Bind SSL certificate command line example

To bind an SSL certificate to an SSL virtual server using the GUI

  1. Navigate toTraffic Management > Load Balancing > Virtual Servers.
  2. Select a virtual server of type SSL and clickEdit.

    Select SSL virtual server

  3. In theLoad Balancing Virtual Serverpage, under theCertificatessection, clickNo Server Certificate.

    Select no server certificate

  4. In theServer Certificate Bindingpage, clickClick to select.
  5. Select the SSL certificate and clickSelect.

    Select SSL certificate

  6. ClickBindto bind the SSL certificate to the virtual server.
  7. ClickDone.

    You have completed binding the SSL certificate to the virtual server.

Note

When you try to bind a certificate-key pair to a virtual server that already has a certificate-key pair bound to it, NetScaler unbinds the old certkey and binds the new one. The following message appears:

Warning: Current certificate replaces the previous binding

Existing connections where the handshake is complete are not affected. The other connections are terminated.

Bind an SSL certificate to a virtual server on the Citrix ADC appliance