Introduction

SSL Offloading feature allows loadbalancers to handle encryption/decryption of HTTP(s) traffic giving plaintext HTTP to the backend servers freeing them from the resource intensive task of handling encryption/decryption. Major loadblancers like the Netscaler and F5 have this functionality.

Goals

1. Add a new entity SSLCerts which will be linked to an account.
2. A user should be able to create/update/delete SSL certs for his account.
3. Certificates can be searched by using either the certificate ID or the account ID.
4. A user can attach/remove a certificate from a loadbalancers which support SSL offload feature.

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