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Table 92. Sample Certificate Values and Commands (openssl)
Certificate Authority Provides Command Virtual Appliance Entries
RSA Private Key openssl pkcs12 -in path _to_.pfx
certificate_file -nocerts -out key.pem
RSA Private Key
PEM File openssl pkcs12 -in path _to_.pfx
certificate_file -clcerts -nokeys -out
cert.pem
Certificate Chain
(Optional) Pass Phrase n/a Pass Phrase
Updating the Identity Appliance Certificate
The system administrator can replace a self-signed certificate with another self-signed certificate or a
domain certificate after the installation is complete.
1 Replace a Certificate in the Identity Appliance
The system administrator can replace a self-signed certificate with one from a certificate authority.
The same certificate can be used on multiple machines.
2 Update the vRealize Appliance with the Identity Appliance Certificate
After the Identity Appliance certificate is updated, the system administrator updates the vRealize
Appliance with the new certificate information. This process reestablishes trusted communications
between the virtual appliances.
Replace a Certificate in the Identity Appliance
The system administrator can replace a self-signed certificate with one from a certificate authority. The
same certificate can be used on multiple machines.
The labels for the private key and certificate chain headers and footers depend on the certificate authority
in use. Information here is based on headers and footers for a certificate generated by openssl.
Procedure
1 Navigate to the Identity Appliance management console by using its fully qualified domain name,
https://identity-hostname.domain.name:5480/.
2 Log in with user name root and the password you specified when you deployed the Identity
Appliance.
3 Click the SSO tab.
The red text is a prompt, not an error message.
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