Overview

F5 NGINXaaS for Google Cloud (NGINXaaS) enables customers to secure traffic by adding SSL/TLS certificates to a deployment. NGINXaaS can fetch certificates directly from Google Cloud Secret Manager, rotate certificates, and provide observability on the status of your certificates.

This document provides details about using SSL/TLS certificates with your F5 NGINXaaS for Google Cloud deployment.

Supported certificate types and formats

NGINXaaS supports certificates of the following types:

• Self-signed
• Domain Validated (DV)
• Organization Validated (OV)
• Extended Validation (EV)

NGINX supports the following certificate formats:

• PEM format certificates.

NGINXaaS allows you to upload these certificates as text and as files.

Encrypt your certificates, keys, and PEM files using one of these standards:

• RSA
• ECC/ECDSA

Add SSL/TLS certificates

Add a certificate to your NGINXaaS deployment using your preferred client tool:

• Add certificates using the NGINXaaS Console