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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
Certificate Type Certificate Requirements
Machine SSL certificate The machine SSL certificate on each node must have a
separate certificate from your third-party or enterprise CA.
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You can generate the CSRs using vSphere Certificate
Manager or create the CSR manually. The CSR must meet
the requirements listed previously under Requirements for
All Imported Certificates.
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If you use vSphere Certificate Manager, the tool prompts
you for certificate information for each solution user.
vSphere Certificate Manager stores the information in
certool.cfg. See Information that Certificate Manager
Prompts For.
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For most fields, you can accept the default or provide site-
specific values. The FQDN of the machine is required.
Solution user certificate Each solution user on each node must have a separate
certificate from your third-party or enterprise CA.
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You can generate the CSRs using vSphere Certificate
Manager or prepare the CSR yourself. The CSR must meet
the requirements listed previously under Requirements for
All Imported Certificates.
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If you use vSphere Certificate Manager, The tool prompts
you for certificate information for each solution user.
vSphere Certificate Manager stores the information in
certool.cfg. See Information that Certificate Manager
Prompts For.
Note You must use a different value for Name for each
solution user. A manually generated certificate might show
up as CN under Subject, depending on the tool you use.
When later you replace solution user certificates with custom
certificates, provide the complete signing certificate chain of the
third-party CA.
Note Do not use CRL Distribution Points, Authority Information Access, or Certificate Template
Information in any custom certificates.
Certiļ¬cate Management Overview
The work required for setting up or updating your certificate infrastructure depends on the requirements in
your environment. You must consider whether you are performing a fresh install or an upgrade, and
whether you are considering ESXi or vCenter Server.
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