PingAccess

Assigning key pairs

Assign a key pair to a virtual host or HTTPS listener.

About this task

PingAccess listens for HTTPS requests on the Admin, Engine, and Agent ports in all deployments, and on the Config query port in clustered deployments. See the Clustering in PingAccess reference guide for a comprehensive overview of the steps necessary to set up a clustered environment.

A key pair must be assigned to each listener. By default, the listeners are configured for HTTPS and use pregenerated key pairs associated with localhost.

HTTPS Listener Descriptions
HTTPS Listener Description

Admin

Listens for requests for the administrative user interface and the PingAccess REST APIs.

Engine

Listens for HTTP or HTTPS requests that are proxied to target web servers associated with Sites. For more information, see Engine listeners.

Agent

Listens for requests from PingAccess agents.

Sideband

Listens for requests from sideband clients.

Config query

Listens for requests for configuration information from replica administrative nodes and engine nodes in clustered deployments.

If you configure a trusted certificate group for a virtual host, or configure an engine key pair to associate it with a virtual host, those settings are used instead of any applicable HTTPS listeners or engine listeners for the virtual host.

Cipher suite ordering for HTTPS listeners:

  • PingAccess supports the use of a defined cipher suite order to ensure that the most secure cipher suites are used first, regardless of the client request. The cipher suite order is defined by the tls.default.cipherSuites property in the PA_HOME/conf/run.properties file.

  • By default, new installations of PingAccess and environments upgraded to PingAccess 5.1 or later use this cipher suite ordering. To direct PingAccess to use the order provided by the client instead, use the PingAccess API /httpsListeners endpoint to set the useServerCipherSuiteOrder property to false.

Assigning key pairs to virtual hosts

About this task

To assign a key pair to a virtual host:

Steps

  1. Click Security and then go to Key Pairs → Key Pairs.

  2. Click the pencil icon (), and then click Assign Virtual Host for the key pair.

  3. In the Virtual Hosts list, select the virtual hosts that you want to use the key pair with.

    When you assign a key pair to a virtual host, the key pair is also assigned to all other virtual hosts with the same host name.

  4. Click Save.

Assigning key pairs to HTTPS listeners

About this task

To assign a new key pair for an active HTTPS listener:

Steps

  1. Click Security and then go to Key Pairs → Key Pairs.

  2. Click the pencil icon (), and then click Assign HTTPS Listener for the key pair.

  3. In the Listeners list, select the HTTPS listeners that you want to use the key pair with.

    New connections use any of the changes you make to an HTTPS listener’s active key pair, but existing connections continue to use the old configuration.

  4. Click Save.