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
Table 1‑3. Platform Services Controller Services (Continued)
Service Description
vmcad
VMware Certificate Service
Provisions each VMware software component that has the
vmafd client libraries and each ESXi host with a signed
certificate that has VMCA as the root certificate authority. You
can change the default certificates by using the Certificate
Manager utility or Platform Services Controller Web interface.
VMware Certificate Service uses the VMware Endpoint
Certificate Store (VECS) to serve as a local repository for
certificates on every Platform Services Controller instance.
Although you can decide not to use VMCA and instead can use
custom certificates, you must add the certificates to VECS.
vmdird
VMware Directory Service
Provides a multitenant, multimastered LDAP directory service
that stores authentication, certificate, lookup, and license
information. Do not update data in vmdird by using an LDAP
browser.
If your domain contains more than one
Platform Services Controller instance, an update of vmdir
content in one vmdir instance is propagated to all other
instances of vmdir.
vmdnsd
VMware Domain Name Service
Not used in vSphere 6.x.
Used by the Platform Services Controller High Availability
feature to ensure that authentication and other services remain
available if one Platform Services Controller node cannot be
reached.
vmonapi
VMware Lifecycle Manager API
vmware-vmon
VMware Service Lifecycle Manager
Start and stop vCenter Server services and monitor service API
health. The vmware-vmon service is a centralized platform-
independent service that manages the lifecycle of
Platform Services Controller and vCenter Server. Exposes APIs
and CLIs to third-party applications.
lwsmd
Likewise Service Manager
Likewise facilitates joining the host to an Active Directory domain
and subsequent user authentication.
Access the Platform Services Controller Web Interface
You can use the Platform Services Controller Web interface to set up vCenter Single Sign-On, manage
certificates, and configure two-factor authentication.
Note This interface includes some configuration options, such as Login Banner configuration and Smart
Cart Authentication configuration, that are not available from the vSphere Web Client.
Procedure
1 From your Web browser, connect to https://psc_ip_or_hostname/psc.
In environments that use an embedded Platform Services Controller, use
https://vc_ip_or_hostname/psc
2 Log in as an administrator user in the local vCenter Single Sign-On domain (vsphere.local by default).
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