Summary
Replacing SSL certificates across VMware products is a manual and time-consuming process. The SDDC Certificate Tool automates this workflow and makes it easy to keep certificates across your SDDC up to date. It will replace all certificates in the supported products and reestablish trust between the components.
Supported Products
- VMware Platform Services Controller (PSC)
- VMware vCenter Server (VC)
- VMware NSX for vSphere (NSX)
- vRealize Log Insight (vRLI)
- vRealize Operations Manager (vROps)
- vRealize Automation (vRA)
- vRealize Business for Cloud (vRB)
More about this Fling: New SDDC Certificate Replacement Fling by William Lam
Requirements
- PhotonOS or Linux running Java 1.8+
- Certificate Files in x509 format (.cer)
- Certificate Chain in x509 format (.cer)
Supported VMware products:
|
Product |
Minimum Version |
Maximum Version |
|
VMware Platform Services Controller (PSC) |
6.0 U2 |
6.7 |
|
VMware vCenter Server (VC) |
6.0 U2 |
6.7 |
|
VMware NSX for vSphere (NSX) |
6.2.4 |
6.4.1 |
|
vRealize Log Insight (vRLI) |
3.6 |
4.6 |
|
vRealize Operations Manager (vROps) |
6.3 |
6.7 |
|
vRealize Automation (vRA) |
7.4 |
7.4 |
|
vRealize Business for Cloud (vRB) |
7.1 |
7.4 |
Instructions
Simple Workflow
Note: See PDF for detailed instructions.
This workflow is only if you already have signed certificates that you want to replace on VMware components.
- Copy signed certificates, private keys, and the certificate authority chain from your Certificate Signing Authority to a Linux server. A private folder is recommended to safeguard the private keys.
- Download and extract the SDDC Certificate Tool to the /opt/vmware/cert-mgmt/ folder.
- Follow a configuration template and edit it to match your environment. Follow the examples at /opt/vmware/cert-mgmt/config and the Configuration File section for a detailed look.
- Run Certificate Replacement command.
java -jar lib/certreplace-*.jar -c config/config.json -replacecert - passwordEntry
If there are any errors in the configuration file, they will be shown and certificate replacement will only proceed once all errors have been fixed.
Download the PDF for more detailed instructions.
Changelog
1.0.1 - Build 10253169
- Spring Frameworks updated to version 4.3.19 due to security vulnerability
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