Bug ID 752851: GUI - Provide search capability for Keys, Certificates and SSL Profile select boxes

Last Modified: Sep 14, 2023

Affected Product(s):
BIG-IP TMOS(all modules)

Known Affected Versions:
14.1.0, 14.1.0.1, 14.1.0.2, 14.1.0.3, 14.1.0.5, 14.1.0.6, 14.1.2, 14.1.2.1, 14.1.2.2, 14.1.2.3, 14.1.2.4, 14.1.2.5, 14.1.2.6, 14.1.2.7, 14.1.2.8, 14.1.3, 14.1.3.1, 14.1.4, 14.1.4.1, 14.1.4.2, 14.1.4.3, 14.1.4.4, 14.1.4.5, 14.1.4.6, 14.1.5, 14.1.5.1, 14.1.5.2, 14.1.5.3, 14.1.5.4, 14.1.5.6

Fixed In:
15.0.0

Opened: Dec 12, 2018

Severity: 3-Major

Symptoms

It is hard to select options when there are a large number of options in select boxes for Keys, Certificates, and SSL Profiles.

Impact

It is hard to search and select required options when there are large number of options in select boxes. In addition, the GUI may restart due to java.lang.OutOfMemoryError: Java heap space when a large number of SSL key/cert/profiles. This applies to all GUI screens with large number of SSL key/cert/profiles.

Conditions

Have large number of Keys, Certificates, and SSL Profiles, which is common in case of virtual hosting.

Workaround

To work around the out-of memory issue, 1. Allocate appropriate extramb to tomcat using the following command: tmsh modify sys db provision.tomcat.extramb value 256 2. Restart tomcat: bigstart restart tomcat

Fix Information

Improved selection experience when there are number of options in select boxes for Keys, Certificates, and SSL Profiles. GUI no longer restarts.

Behavior Change

Guides & references

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