Blue Coat Proxy SG shortcuts

Under 'Statistics - Advanced' you'll find more then you need, here are a short sumary.

sysinfo & sysinfo-stat

https://proxy:8082/Diagnostics/Snapshot

# Sysinfo

https://proxy:8082/sysinfo

# Core Images

https://proxy:8082/CM/core_images

# Access Logs

https://proxy:8082/Accesslog/directory

Deleting the ProxySG 'main' Access Log

Blue Coat SG810 Series#configure terminal
Enter configuration commands, one per line.  End with CTRL-Z.
Blue Coat SG810 Series#(config)access-log
Blue Coat SG810 Series#(config access-log)edit log main
Blue Coat SG810 Series#(config log main)commands delete-log
  ok
Blue Coat SG810 Series#(config log main)

Blue Coat SG810 Series#show access-log statistics main
Statistics:
Access Log (main) Statistics:
Log Manager Version 3
Log entry lifetime counter:     38029489
System Status:
  Log manager:                  enabled and running
  Upload client:                not connected
  Log writer:                   idle
  Log reader:                   idle
Log Information:
  Current log size:             0 bytes
  Maximum log size:             20000 MB
  Max size policy:              stop logging
  Bytes in write buffer :       184
  Tail sockets in use :         0
  Modified time:                2010-05-25 10:29:48+08:00MYT
Next Upload:
  Client type:                  bluecoat
  Next attempt:                 21 seconds
  Connect type:                 continuous upload
  Connect reason:               regular upload
  Retrying, failure count:      1
  Upload format:                gzip
Last Upload Attempt:
  Time:                         2010-05-25 10:29:48+08:00MYT
  Maximum bandwidth:            0.82 KB/sec
  Result:                       failure
Current/Last Upload File:
  Remote filename:              Not Applicable
  Remote size:                  0 bytes
Blue Coat SG810 Series#

How to create a self signed certificate with openSSL to be used with BlueCoat proxy

This short guiede will create a new keyring, a private key, and eventually a certificate.


1. generate a private key with openSSL (atleast 2048 key length)
# OpenSSL> genrsa -des3 -out mypriv.key 2048
a set key length to 2028
b when you press Enter your asked to set a pass phrase for the key, remember it.

2. open notepad and cut the content of the private mypriv.key created in step 1.

3. In the BlueCoat  proxy - Configuration - SSL - Keyrings
a create a new keyring and select 'import existing private key'. paste your key here and type the pass phrase from step 1.
b Give the keyring a name press - OK
c Apply to install the policy

4. Generate the Certificate request from the new keyring.
a open the newly created keyring.
b press 'create' in the Create Signing Request section.
c copy the content and save as csr.txt in notepad (make sure there is no blankspace or characters after at the end of the file)

4. Create the certificate (valid 1 year in this example)
# OpenSSL> x509 -req -days 365 -in c:\openssl-win64\csr.txt -signkey c:\openssl-win64\bin\mypriv.key -out c:\openssl-win64\cert.crt

5. convert cert to PEM
# OpenSSL> x509 -in c:\openssl-win64\cert.crt -out c:\openssl-win64\out.pem -outform PEM

6. put the cert in the keyring in BC
a open the out.pem file with notepad and copy the content
b open the BC keyring and select 'import' in the Certificate section, paste your content and press ok
c press 'Apply' to save the policy

The certificate is finnished and ready to be used.

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