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
Option Description
--server <server-name>
Used to specify a server name if you connect to a remote VECS
instance.
--upn <user-name>
User Principle Name that is used to log in to the server instance
specified by --server <server-name> . When you create a
store, it is created in the context of the current user. Therefore,
the owner of the store is the current user context and not always
the root user.
vecs-cli entry list
Lists all entries in a specified store.
Option Description
--store <NameOfStore>
Name of the certificate store.
vecs-cli entry getcert
Retrieves a certificate from VECS. You can send the certificate to an output file or display it as human-
readable text.
Option Description
--store <NameOfStore>
Name of the certificate store.
--alias <Alias>
Alias of the certificate.
--output <output_file_path>
File to write the certificate to.
--text
Displays a human-readable version of the certificate.
--server <server-name>
Used to specify a server name if you connect to a remote VECS
instance.
--upn <user-name>
User Principle Name that is used to log in to the server instance
specified by --server <server-name> . When you create a
store, it is created in the context of the current user. Therefore,
the owner of the store is the current user context and not always
the root user.
vecs-cli entry getkey
Retrieves a key that is stored in VECS. You can send the key to an output file or display it as human-
readable text.
Option Description
--store <NameOfStore>
Name of the certificate store.
--alias <Alias>
Alias for the key.
--output <output_file_path>
Output file to write the key to.
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