N1C CSG unmanaged certificates

[sylwang]

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[mjang]

@sylwang overall, this is excellent. I plan to comment on a few details.

But first, a "big picture" question. I know that you can have unmanaged certs with an instance. I'm tempted to recommend moving unmanaged-certificates.md to the content/nginx-one-console/nginx-configs/certificates directory

[mjang]

Hi @sylwang , you're an excellent writer. My suggested changes mostly relate to F5 styles.

[mjang]

FYI, I'll be working Dec 22, 23, 29, 30, 31. I might be the only writer available during these days -- and I have no problem merging on my own, once we've addressed these suggestions.

[mjang]

Note: probable release date now in January 2026