Bug ID 1612377: Central Manager cannot manage Provider if Provider certificate changes

Last Modified: Oct 19, 2025

Affected Product(s):
BIG_IP_NEXT(CM) TMOS(all modules)

Known Affected Versions:
20.2.0, 20.2.1

Opened: Jul 10, 2024

Severity: 1-Blocking

Related Article: K000140722

Symptoms

Central Manager will no longer be able to manage Next instances with a Provider if the Provider certificate changes.

Impact

Central Manager cannot deploy or delete any instance under that Provider.

Conditions

-- Central Manager has a Provider configured. -- The Provider certificate changes. -- Central Manager can no longer manage Next instance states via the Provider.

Workaround

Mitigation: In pre-orange release, do not change the provider certificate once the provider has been managed by CM. Workaround: If provider certificate has been changed in pre-orange release while the provider is managed under CM, update the certificate to be exactly the original certificate.

Fix Information

None

Behavior Change

Guides & references

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