CSR Generation for F5 BIG IP (version 9)

The following instructions will guide you through the Certificate Signing Request 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.sectigo.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-----

Log into your Sectigo account

Click on the Provide CSR on our website and paste the entire CSR into the blank text box and continue with completing the generation process.