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Manage SSL in ONTAP

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Use the security ssl commands to manage the SSL protocol for the cluster or a storage virtual machine (SVM). SSL protocol improves the security of web access by using a digital certificate to establish an encrypted connection between a web server and a browser.

You can manage SSL for the cluster or a storage virtual machine (SVM) in the following ways:

  • Enabling SSL

  • Generating and installing a digital certificate and associating it with the cluster or SVM

  • Displaying the SSL configuration to see whether SSL has been enabled, and, if available, the SSL certificate name

  • Setting up firewall policies for the cluster or SVM, so that web access requests can go through

  • Defining which SSL versions can be used

  • Restricting access to only HTTPS requests for a web service

Commands for managing SSL

You use the security ssl commands to manage the SSL protocol for the cluster or a storage virtual machine (SVM).

If you want to…​ Use this command…​

Enable SSL for the cluster or an SVM, and associate a digital certificate with it

security ssl modify

Display the SSL configuration and certificate name for the cluster or an SVM

security ssl show

Learn more about security ssl modify and security ssl show in the ONTAP command reference.