Bug ID 1282185: Unable to restore backup file containing expired TLS certificate

Last Modified: Oct 21, 2024

Affected Product(s):
F5OS None(all modules)

Fixed In:
F5OS-A 1.8.0, F5OS-A 1.7.0

Opened: Mar 29, 2023

Severity: 3-Major

Symptoms

If a user attempts to restore a configuration backup whose contents include a TLS certificate that has expired, the configuration restore will fail.

Impact

User is unable to restore their backed up configuration.

Conditions

User attempts to restore a configuration backup file which contains an expired TLS certificate.

Workaround

While there is no workaround for the issue, once the backup has been collected, this can be avoided by de-configuring any TLS certificates before collecting a configuration backup, and re-setting them manually after the configuration backup has been restored.

Fix Information

Fixed issue where configuration backup files containing expired TLS certificates could not be successfully used for configuration restore.

Behavior Change

Guides & references

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