16.0 Assigning Certificates to Access Manager Appliance

This section discusses how you update, renew, and assign certificates to Access Manager Appliance.

The Access Gateway can be configured to use certificates for SSL communication with two types of entities:

  • Client Browsers: You can enable SSL communication between the client browsers and the Access Gateway. When setting up this feature, you can either have the Access Manager Appliance CA automatically generate a certificate key or you can select a certificate key you have already imported (or created) for the reverse proxy. To manage this certificate in the Administration Console, click Access Gateways > [Configuration Link] > [Name of Reverse Proxy]. For more information, see Section 3.8.3, Managing Reverse Proxies and Authentication.

  • Protected Web Servers: You can enable SSL communication between the Access Gateway and the protected web servers. This option is only available if you have enabled SSL communication between the browsers and the Access Gateway. You can enable SSL or mutual SSL. To manage these certificates in the Administration Console, click Access Gateways > [Configuration Link] > [Name of Reverse Proxy] > [Name of Proxy Service] > Web Servers.