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Table Of Contents
- Platform Services Controller Administration
- Contents
- About Platform Services Controller Administration
- 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
- Understanding 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 vSphere Client
- 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
VMware does not recommend replacing either solution user certificates or STS certificates, nor using a
subordinate CA in place of the VMCA. If you choose either of these options, you might encounter
significant complexity and the potential for a negative impact to your security, and an unnecessary
increase in your operational risk. For more information about managing certificates within a vSphere
environment, see the blog post titled New Product Walkthrough - Hybrid vSphere SSL Certificate
Replacement at http://vmware.com/go/hybridvmca.
You can use the following options to replace the existing certificates:
Table 3‑2. Dierent Approaches to Certificate Replacement
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Use the vSphere Client. Starting with vSphere 6.7, the Platform
Services Controller is managed through the vSphere Client.
Managing Certificates with the vSphere Client
Use the vSphere Certificate Manager utility from the command
line.
Managing Certificates with the vSphere Certificate Manager
Utility
Use CLI commands for manual certificate replacement. Chapter 4 Managing Services and Certificates with CLI
Commands
vSphere Certificate Management
(http://link.brightcove.com/services/player/bcpid2296383276001?
bctid=ref:video_vsphere6_cert_infrastructure)
This chapter includes the following topics:
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Certificate Requirements for Different Solution Paths
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Certificate Management Overview
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Managing Certificates with the vSphere Client
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Managing Certificates from the vSphere Web Client
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Managing Certificates with the vSphere Certificate Manager Utility
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Manual Certificate Replacement
Certificate Requirements for Dierent Solution Paths
Certificate requirements depend on whether you use VMCA as an intermediate CA or you use custom
certificates. Requirements are also different for machine certificates and for solution user certificates.
Before you begin, ensure that all nodes in your environment are time synchronized.
Requirements for All Imported Certificates
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Key size: 2048 bits or more (PEM encoded)
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PEM format. VMware supports PKCS8 and PKCS1 (RSA keys). When you add keys to VECS, they
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