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
Replacement of Machine SSL Certificates in Environments with Multiple
Management Nodes
If your environment includes multiple management nodes and a single Platform Services Controller, you
can replace certificates with the vSphere Certificate Manager utility, or manually with vSphere CLI
commands.
vSphere Certificate
Manager
You run vSphere Certificate Manager on each machine. On management
nodes, you are prompted for the IP address of the
Platform Services Controller. Depending on the task you perform, you are
also prompted for certificate information.
Manual Certificate
Replacement
For manual certificate replacement, you run the certificate replacement
commands on each machine. On management nodes, you must specify the
Platform Services Controller with the --server parameter. See the
following topics for details:
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Replace Machine SSL Certificates with VMCA-Signed Certificates
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Replace Machine SSL Certificates (Intermediate CA)
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Replace Machine SSL Certificates With Custom Certificates
Replacement of Solution User Certificates in Environments with Multiple
Management Nodes
If your environment includes multiple management nodes and a single Platform Services Controller,
follow these steps for certificate replacement.
Note When you list solution user certificates in large deployments, the output of dir-cli list includes
all solution users from all nodes. Run vmafd-cli get-machine-id --server-name localhost to find
the local machine ID for each host. Each solution user name includes the machine ID.
vSphere Certificate
Manager
You run vSphere Certificate Manager on each machine. On management
nodes, you are prompted for the IP address of the
Platform Services Controller. Depending on the task you perform, you are
also prompted for certificate information.
Manual Certificate
Replacement
1 Generate or request a certificate. You need the following certificates:
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A certificate for the machine solution user on the
Platform Services Controller.
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A certificate for the machine solution user on each management
node.
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