6.5.1
Table Of Contents
- Platform Services Controller Administration
- Contents
- About Platform Services Controller Administration
- Updated Information
- Getting Started with Platform Services Controller
- vCenter Server and Platform Services Controller Deployment Types
- Deployment Topologies with External Platform Services Controller Instances and High Availability
- Understanding vSphere Domains, Domain Names, and Sites
- Platform Services Controller Capabilities
- Managing Platform Services Controller Services
- Managing the Platform Services Controller Appliance
- vSphere Authentication with vCenter Single Sign-On
- Understanding vCenter Single Sign-On
- Configuring vCenter Single Sign-On Identity Sources
- Identity Sources for vCenter Server with vCenter Single Sign-On
- Set the Default Domain for vCenter Single Sign-On
- Add a vCenter Single Sign-On Identity Source
- Edit a vCenter Single Sign-On Identity Source
- Remove a vCenter Single Sign-On Identity Source
- Use vCenter Single Sign-On With Windows Session Authentication
- vCenter Server Two-Factor Authentication
- Using vCenter Single Sign-On as the Identity Provider for Another Service Provider
- Security Token Service STS
- Managing vCenter Single Sign-On Policies
- Managing vCenter Single Sign-On Users and Groups
- Add vCenter Single Sign-On Users
- Disable and Enable vCenter Single Sign-On Users
- Delete a vCenter Single Sign-On User
- Edit a vCenter Single Sign-On User
- Add a vCenter Single Sign-On Group
- Add Members to a vCenter Single Sign-On Group
- Remove Members From a vCenter Single Sign-On Group
- Delete vCenter Single Sign-On Solution Users
- Change Your vCenter Single Sign-On Password
- vCenter Single Sign-On Security Best Practices
- vSphere Security Certificates
- Certificate Requirements for Different Solution Paths
- Certificate Management Overview
- Managing Certificates with the Platform Services Controller Web Interface
- Explore Certificate Stores from the Platform Services Controller Web Interface
- Replace Certificates with New VMCA-Signed Certificates from the Platform Services Controller Web Interface
- Make VMCA an Intermediate Certificate Authority from the Platform Services Controller Web Interface
- Set up Your System to Use Custom Certificates from the Platform Services Controller
- Managing Certificates from the vSphere Web Client
- Managing Certificates with the vSphere Certificate Manager Utility
- Certificate Manager Options and the Workflows in This Document
- Regenerate a New VMCA Root Certificate and Replace All Certificates
- Make VMCA an Intermediate Certificate Authority (Certificate Manager)
- Generate CSR with vSphere Certificate Manager and Prepare Root Certificate (Intermediate CA)
- Replace VMCA Root Certificate with Custom Signing Certificate and Replace All Certificates
- Replace Machine SSL Certificate with VMCA Certificate (Intermediate CA)
- Replace Solution User Certificates with VMCA Certificates (Intermediate CA)
- Replace All Certificates with Custom Certificate (Certificate Manager)
- Revert Last Performed Operation by Republishing Old Certificates
- Reset All Certificates
- Manual Certificate Replacement
- Managing Services and Certificates With CLI Commands
- Troubleshooting Platform Services Controller
- Determining the Cause of a Lookup Service Error
- Unable to Log In Using Active Directory Domain Authentication
- vCenter Server Login Fails Because the User Account Is Locked
- VMware Directory Service Replication Can Take a Long Time
- Export a Platform Services Controller Support Bundle
- Platform Services Controller Service Logs Reference
Certificate Manager Options and the Workflows in This Document
You run Certificate Manager options in sequence to complete a workflow. Several options, for example,
generating CSRs, are used in different workflows.
Replace VMCA Root Certificate with Custom Signing Certificate and Replace
All Certificates.
This is a single-option workflow (Option 2) can be used by itself, or in the intermediate certificate
workflow. See Regenerate a New VMCA Root Certificate and Replace All Certificates.
Make VMCA an Intermediate Certificate Authority
To make VMCA an intermediate CA, you have to run Certificate Manager several times. The workflow
gives the complete set of steps for replacing both machine SSL certificates and solution user certificates.
It explains what to do in environments with embedded Platform Services Controller or external
Platform Services Controller.
1 To generate a CSR, select Option 2, Replace VMCA Root certificate with Custom Signing Certificate
and replace all Certificates. You might have to provide some information about the certificate next.
When prompted for an option again, select Option 1.
Submit the CSR to your external or enterprise CA. You receive a signed certificate and a root
certificate from the CA.
2 Combine the VMCA root certificate with the CA root certificate and save the file.
3 Select Option 2, Replace VMCA Root certificate with Custom Signing Certificate and replace all
Certificates. This process replaces all certificates on the local machine.
4 In a multi-node deployment, you have to replace certificates on each node.
a First you replace the machine SSL certificate with the (new) VMCA certificate (Option 3)
b Then you replace the solution user certificates with the (new) VMCA certificate (Option 6).
See Make VMCA an Intermediate Certificate Authority (Certificate Manager)
Replacing All Certificate With Custom Certificates
To replace all certificates with custom certificates, you have to run Certificate Manager several times. The
workflow gives the complete set of steps for replacing both machine SSL certificates and solution user
certificates. It explains what to do in environments with embedded Platform Services Controller or
external Platform Services Controller.
1 You generate certificate signing requests for the machine SSL certificate and the solution user
certificates separately on each machine.
a To generate CSRs for the machine SSL certificate, you select Option 1.
b If company policy requires that you replace all certificates, you also select Option 5.
2 After you received the signed certificates and the root certificate from your CA, you replace the
machine SSL certificate on each machine by using Option 1.
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