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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
Generate Certificate Signing Requests with vSphere Certificate Manager
(Custom Certificates)
You can use vSphere Certificate Manager to generate Certificate Signing Requests (CSRs) that you can
then use with your enterprise CA or send to an external certificate authority. You can use the certificates
with the different supported certificate replacement processes.
You can run the Certificate Manager tool from the command line as follows:
Windows
C:\Program Files\VMware\vCenter Server\vmcad\certificate-manager.bat
Linux
/usr/lib/vmware-vmca/bin/certificate-manager
Prerequisites
vSphere Certificate Manager prompts you for information. The prompts depend on your environment and
on the type of certificate you want to replace.
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For any CSR generation, you are prompted for the password of the administrator@vsphere.local
user, or for the administrator of the vCenter Single Sign-On domain that you are connecting to.
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If you are generating a CSR in an environment with an external Platform Services Controller, you are
prompted for the host name or IP address of the Platform Services Controller.
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To generate a CSR for a machine SSL certificate, you are prompted for certificate properties, which
are stored in the certool.cfg file. For most fields, you can accept the default or provide site-specific
values. The FQDN of the machine is required.
Procedure
1 On each machine in your environment, start vSphere Certificate Manager and select option 1.
2 Supply the password and the Platform Services Controller IP address or host name if prompted.
3 Select option 1 to generate the CSR, answer the prompts and exit Certificate Manager.
As part of the process, you have to provide a directory. Certificate Manager places the certificate and
key files in the directory.
4 If you also want to replace all solution user certificates, restart Certificate Manager.
5 Select option 5.
6 Supply the password and the Platform Services Controller IP address or host name if prompted.
7 Select option 1 to generate the CSRs, answer the prompts and exit Certificate Manager.
As part of the process, you have to provide a directory. Certificate Manager places the certificate and
key files in the directory.
On each Platform Services Controller node, Certificate Manager generates one certificate and key
pair. On each vCenter Server node, Certificate Manager generates four certificate and key pairs.
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