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2 Click .
You can view the following certicate details.
Field Description
Issuer
The issuer of the certicate.
Not valid after
Date on which the certicate expires.
Not valid before
Date on which the certicate is generated.
Subject
The subject used during certicate generation.
Import a New Certificate for an ESXi Host in the VMware Host Client
You can import a certicate from a trusted certicate authority when you are logged in to an ESXi host with
the VMware Host Client.
Procedure
1 Click Manage in the VMware Host Client inventory and click Security & Users.
2 Click  and click Import new .
3 Generate a certicate signing request, which is either an FQDN signing request or an IP signing request.
The certicate signing request is then passed to the certicate authority to generate the ocial
certicate.
An FQDN request has the fully qualied hostname of the host in the resulting common name eld of
the certicate. The IP signing request has the current IP address of the host in the common name eld.
4 Paste a PEM formaed certicate in the certicate text box and click Import.
You do not have to import the certicate immediately but you cannot reboot the host between
generating the certicate signing request and importing the certicate.
Managing Users with the VMware Host Client
Manage users to control who is authorized to log in to ESXi.
Users and roles control who has access to the ESXi host components and what actions each user can
perform.
In vSphere 5.1 and later, ESXi user management has the following caveats .
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The users created when you connect directly to an ESXi host are not the same as the vCenter Server
users. When the host is managed by vCenter Server, vCenter Server ignores users created directly on
the host.
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You cannot create ESXi users by using the vSphere Web Client. You must log in to the host directly with
the VMware Host Client to create ESXi users .
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ESXi 5.1 and later does not support local groups. However, Active Directory groups are supported.
To prevent anonymous users, such as root, from accessing the host with the Direct Console User Interface
(DCUI) or ESXi Shell, remove the user's administrator privileges on the root folder of the host. This applies
to both local users and Active Directory users and groups.
Add an ESXi User in the VMware Host Client
Adding a user to the users table updates the internal user list that the host maintains.
Prerequisites
Review the password requirements in the vSphere Security documentation.
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