This section explains how to create a valid certificate for HTTPS support of the load balancer. The SSL certificate to be generated must be adapted to the load balancer host name in order to avoid client warnings, especially Web browser warnings, and to ensure proper functioning.
To use SSL you need a valid certificate by a certification authority for the server hosting the load balancer. Ensure that the certificate is compatible with the Java version used by the client.
The certificate consists of two parts: the private key (file extension .key) to unencrypt the information returned to the client, and the server certificate (file extension .crt). An example on generating these files is described in chapter PPM server.
Procedure
If the load balancer instance ID is loadbalancer_m and your ZIP file is located at c:\temp\lbcert.zip, enter the command enhance loadbalancer_m with sslCertificate local file "c:\\temp\\lbcert.zip".
Please note the use of double backslashes or single slashes, e.g.: "c:/temp/lbcert.zip".
The SSL certificate is now available.