Order a free SSL certificate
Order a free SSL certificate for your web services behind a Load Balancer
Order a free SSL certificate for your web services behind a Load Balancer
The OVH Load Balancer service can be configured to support SSL termination..
The purpose of SSL termination is to decrypt the incoming encrypted stream before forwarding it to the appropriate service (web server for example).
SSL termination has a cost for the service that manages it. Rather than letting your servers do it, it is possible to configure your OVH Load Balancer service to do it.
Moreover, all your certificates are centralized in one place and their maintenance is easier.
The first thing to do is to configure your frontend to handle SSL termination.
In the Frontends
section of your Manager, click on the Add Frontend
button to create a new frontend. An edit window will appear, select the HTTPS
protocol. You will also need to fill in the Default Close
or HTTPS Redirection
field in the advanced settings..
Once the frontend has been created, you will be prompted to Apply configuration
to apply your changes to the relevant area.
In the API, the SSL termination is specified by the ssl boolean: (Don't forget to set defaultFarmId or redirectLocation)
Then apply the changes :
In the SSL Certificates
section of your Manager, click the Order SSL Certificate
button to create a new one. An edit window will appear with an FQDN
field to be filled in.
In the API, the command is as follows. For the order to be finalized, the chosen domain name must point to your OVH Load Balancer service.
In the Tasks
section of your Manager, the tasks related to ordering a free SSL Certificate are of the type orderFreeCertificate
.
You can specify the action type orderFreeCertificate to refine the search.
Once the order is complete, the SSL Certificate is automatically installed on your OVH Load Balancer service..
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