3.2. Review the default SSL Orchestrator pre-requisitesΒΆ

When using the UDF blueprint, most of these have been pre-configured for you. The only exception is the default route, which will be explicitly configured in a later section.

Note

There are no additional hands-on steps that need to be taken before proceeding to the next section. The information below is intended to provide additional context on the pre-requisites for a production environment.

  • Import the CA certificate and private key - in order to terminate and re-encrypt outbound SSL traffic, SSL Forward Proxy must re-issue, or rather "forge" a new server certificate to the client. In order to perform this re-issuance process, the BIG-IP must possess a certificate authority (CA) certificate and associated private key. This lab environment already has a subordinate CA certificate and private key installed.
  • Create the client inbound VLAN and self-IP - create the VLAN and self-IP that connects the client to the BIG-IP. In this lab that's the 10.1.10.0/24 subnet and interface 1.1 on the BIG-IP. This lab environment already has this VLAN and self-IP created.
  • Create the Internet outbound VLAN and self-IP - create the VLAN and self-IP that connects the BIG-IP to the outbound Internet router. In this lab that's the 10.1.20.0/24 subnet and interface 1.2 on the BIG-IP. This lab environment already has this VLAN and self-IP created.
  • Create the DLP/ICAP VLAN and self-IP - if it is desired to isolate the DLP/ICAP device, create the VLAN and self-IP that connects the DLP device to the BIG-IP. In this lab that's the 197.19.97.0/25 subnet and interface 1.3 (tag 50) on the BIG-IP. The DLP security device is listening on 198.19.97.50 and ICAP is listening on port 1344. This lab environment already has this VLAN and self-IP created.
  • Create the default internet route for outbound traffic - the iApp provides an option to leverage a defined gateway pool or use the system default route. If a gateway pool is not used, the system route table will need to have a default route used to reach Internet destinations. We will use a gateway pool defined within SSLO.

Tip

As a general rule, avoid using names with dashes (ex. sslo-demo-1) while creating objects in SSL Orchestrator. Underscores (ex. sslo_demo_1) and camel-casing (ex. ssloDemo1) are preferred.