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Option Action
Generate Signing Request a Select Generate Signing Request.
b Review the entries in the Organization, Organization Unit, Country Code,
and Common Name text boxes. These entries are populated from the
existing certificate. You can edit these entries if needed.
c Click Generate CSR to generate a certificate signing request, and then click
the Download the generated CSR here link to open a dialog that enables
you to save the CSR to a location where you can send it to a certificate
authority.
d When you receive the prepared certificate, click Import and follow
instructions for importing a certificate into vRealize Automation.
Import a Copy the certificate values from BEGIN PRIVATE KEY to END PRIVATE KEY,
including the header and footer, and paste them in the RSA Private Key text
box.
b Copy the certificate values from BEGIN CERTIFICATE to END
CERTIFICATE, including the header and footer, and paste them in the
Certificate Chain text box. For multiple certificate values, include a BEGIN
CERTIFICATE header and END CERTIFICATE footer for each certificate.
Note In the case of chained certificates, additional attributes may be
available.
c (Optional) If your certificate uses a pass phrase to encrypt the certificate key,
copy the pass phrase and paste it in the Passphrase text box.
6 Click Save Settings to save host information and SSL configuration.
7 If required by your network or load balancer, copy the imported or newly created certificate to the
virtual appliance load balancer.
You might need to enable root SSH access in order to export the certificate.
a If not already logged in, log in to the vRealize Automation appliance Management Console as
root.
b Click the Admin tab.
c Click the Admin sub menu.
d Select the SSH service enabled check box.
Deselect the check box to disable SSH when finished.
e Select the Administrator SSH login check box.
Deselect the check box to disable SSH when finished.
f Click Save Settings.
8 Configure the SSO settings.
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