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4 Import a Root Certificate and Intermediate Certificates into a Windows Certificate Store on page 70
If the Windows Server host on which View Connection Server is installed does not trust the root
certificate for the signed SSL server certificate, you must import the root certificate into the Windows
local computer certificate store. In addition, if the View Connection Server host does not trust the root
certificates of the SSL server certificates configured for security server, View Composer, and vCenter
Server hosts, you also must import those root certificates.
5 Bind a New SSL Certificate to the Port Used by View Composer on page 71
If you configure a new SSL certificate after you install View Composer, you must run the SviConfig
ReplaceCertificate utility to replace the certificate that is bound to the port used by View Composer.
This utility unbinds the existing certificate and binds the new certificate to the port.
Add the Certificate Snap-In to MMC
Before you can add certificates to the Windows Certificate Store, you must add the Certificate snap-in to the
Microsoft Management Console (MMC) on the Windows Server host on which the View server is installed.
Prerequisites
Verify that the MMC and Certificate snap-in are available on the Windows Server computer on which the
View server is installed.
Procedure
1 On the Windows Server computer, click Start and type mmc.exe.
2 In the MMC window, go to File > Add/Remove Snap-in.
3 In the Add or Remove Snap-ins window, select Certificates and click Add.
4 In the Certificates snap-in window, select Computer account, click Next, select Local computer, and
click Finish.
5 In the Add or Remove snap-in window, click OK.
What to do next
Import the SSL server certificate into the Windows Certificate Store.
Import a Signed Server Certificate into a Windows Certificate Store
You must import the SSL server certificate into the Windows local computer certificate store on the
Windows Server host on which the View Connection Server instance or security server service is installed.
You also must perform this task on the Windows Server host where the View Composer service is installed.
Depending on your certificate file format, the entire certificate chain that is contained in the keystore file
might be imported into the Windows local computer certificate store. For example, the server certificate,
intermediate certificate, and root certificate might be imported.
For other types of certificate files, only the server certificate is imported into the Windows local computer
certificate store. In this case, you must take separate steps to import the root certificate and any intermediate
certificates in the certificate chain.
For more information about certificates, consult the Microsoft online help available with the Certificate
snap-in to MMC.
NOTE If you off-load SSL connections to an intermediate server, you must import the same SSL server
certificate onto both the intermediate server and the off-loaded View server. For details, see "Off-load SSL
Connections to Intermediate Servers" in the View Administration document.
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