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5 Upload the certicate signing request to a certicate authority and request a signed certicate.
If the certicate authority requests a password for the certicate private key, use the password
congured for the certicate store.
The certicate authority returns a signed certicate.
6 To import the certicate, copy the certicate le to the View adapter work directory and run the keytool
utility with the –import option.
For example:
keytool –import –alias v4v-adapter –file certificate-filename -keystore v4v-adapter.jks
certicate-lename is the name of the certicate le from the certicate authority.
When the keytool utility is nished, the signed certicate is imported to the adapter certicate store.
7 To start using the new certicate, restart the View adapter on the node where the adapter is running.
Platform Action
Linux
Run the service vmware-vcops restart command.
Windows
Use the Windows Services tool (services.msc) to restart the vRealize
Operations View Adapter service.
What to do next
After you restart the View adapter, you must pair any broker agents that are aached to the View adapter.
See “Certicate Pairing,” on page 21.
Replace the Default Certificate for the Broker Agent
A self-signed certicate is generated when you rst install the broker agent. The broker agent uses this
certicate by default to authenticate to the View adapter. You can replace the self-signed certicate with a
certicate that is signed by a valid certicate authority.
Prerequisites
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Verify that you can connect to the View Connection Server host where the broker agent is installed.
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Verify that the keytool utility is added to the system path on the View Connection Server host where
the broker agent is installed.
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Verify that you have the password for the certicate store. You can obtain this password from the
msgserver.properties le. See “Broker Agent Certicate and Trust Store Files,” on page 17.
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Become familiar with the Java keytool utility. Documentation is available at hp://docs.oracle.com.
Procedure
1 Log in to the View Connection Server host where the broker agent is installed.
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