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Dell Management Plug-in for VMware vCenter: Custom SSL/HTTPS Certificate using Microsoft Windows
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Custom certificate attributes
The virtual appliance supports a X.509 certificate with RSA 2048-bit key encryption standard and
requires the certificate to be in the PEM format (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X.509
).
Generating a CSR using the Administration Console
Use the Administration Console to generate the certificate signing request (CSR).
1. Open the Administration Portal using https://appliance-ip-or-fqdn and on the left side of the
Administration Console, click Appliance Management.
Using the Administration Console. Figure 1.
2. Under HTTPS Certificates, click Generate Certificate Signing Request.