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4 Select vRA Settings > Host Settings.
Option Action
Resolve Automatically Select Resolve Automatically to specify the name of the current host for
the vRealize Automation appliance.
Update Host For new hosts, select Update Host. Enter the fully qualified domain name
of the vRealize Automation appliance, vra-hostname.domain.name, in the
Host Name text box.
For distributed deployments that use load balancers, select Update Host.
Enter the fully qualified domain name for the load balancer server, vra-
loadbalancername.domain.name, in the Host Name text box.
Note Configure SSO settings as described later in this procedure whenever you use Update Host
to set the host name.
5 Select the certificate type from the Certificate Action menu.
If you are using a PEM-encoded certificate, for example for a distributed environment, select Import.
Certificates that you import must be trusted and must also be applicable to all instances of
vRealize Automation appliance and any load balancer through the use of Subject Alternative Name
(SAN) certificates.
If you want to generate a CSR request for a new certificate that you can submit to a certificate
authority, select Generate Signing Request. A CSR helps your CA create a certificate with the
correct values for you to import.
Note If you use certificate chains, specify the certificates in the following order:
a Client/server certificate signed by the intermediate CA certificate
b One or more intermediate certificates
c A root CA certificate
Option Action
Keep Existing Leave the current SSL configuration. Select this option to cancel your changes.
Generate Certificate a The value displayed in the Common Name text box is the Host Name as it
appears on the upper part of the page. If any additional instances of the
vRealize Automation appliance available, their FQDNs are included in the
SAN attribute of the certificate.
b Enter your organization name, such as your company name, in the
Organization text box.
c Enter your organizational unit, such as your department name or location, in
the Organizational Unit text box.
d Enter a two-letter ISO 3166 country code, such as US, in the Country text
box.
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