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Add Custom Certificates from the Platform Services Controller
You can add custom Machine SSL certificates and custom solution user certificates to the certificate store
from the Platform Services Controller.
In most cases, replacing the machine SSL certificate for each component is sufficient. The solution user
certificate remains behind a proxy.
Prerequisites
Generate certificate signing requests (CSRs) for each certificate that you want to replace. You can
generate the CSRs with the Certificate Manager utility. Place the certificate and private key in a location
that the Platform Services Controller can access.
Procedure
1 From a Web browser, connect to the vSphere Web Client or the Platform Services Controller.
Option Description
vSphere Web Client
https://vc_hostname_or_IP/vsphere-client
Platform Services Controller
https://psc_hostname_or_IP/psc
In an embedded deployment, the Platform Services Controller host name or IP
address is the same as the vCenter Server host name or IP address.
2 Specify the user name and password for administrator@vsphere.local or another member of the
vCenter Single Sign-On Administrators group.
If you specified a different domain during installation, log in as administrator@mydomain.
3 Log in as an administrator.
4 To replace a machine certificate follow these steps:
a Select the Machine Certificates tab and click the certificate that you want to replace.
b Click Replace, and click Browse to replace the certificate chain, then click Browse to replace the
private key.
5 To replace the solution user certificates, follow these steps:
a Select the Solution User Certificates tab and click the first of the four certificates for a
component, for example, machine.
b Click Replace, and click Browse to replace the certificate chain, then click Browse to replace the
private key.
c Repeat the process for the other three certificates for the same component.
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