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Testing the NetScaler Gateway^™ connection

Once you have NetScaler Gateway built and configured, you need to test it. For it to work properly, the certificates must be valid. If you remember, we just created the self-signed test certificates. We now need to download these test certificates from NetScaler and import them into our client device.

Testing NetScaler Gateway^™ with a Windows client

One quick way to test if the certificate chain is working on NetScaler is by downloading the root CA certificate, self-signing the public-facing server certificate from NetScaler, and importing these into the client browser. The following steps will guide you through how to test NetScaler Gateway with a Windows client:

Download the test certificate from NetScaler ...

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