{"id":523,"date":"2016-11-06T15:05:45","date_gmt":"2016-11-06T14:05:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/172.16.10.10:8080\/?p=523"},"modified":"2017-07-28T13:32:52","modified_gmt":"2017-07-28T11:32:52","slug":"install-vcenter-certificate-in-hybrid-mode","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/vblog.hochsticher.de\/?p=523","title":{"rendered":"How to install a new Certificate for vCenter Server"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Everybody knows this warning. Now I show you how to&nbsp;change the vCenter Certificate to avoid this ugly page.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">For those who are completely new to this topic I suggest you to check out&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/tenthirtyam.org\/inf4529\/index.html\">https:\/\/tenthirtyam.org\/inf4529\/index.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">VMware vSphere has multiple components who&nbsp;own a Certificate. There are:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li>ESXi Certificates<\/li>\n<li>Machine SSL Certificates<\/li>\n<li>Solution User Certificates<\/li>\n<li>Single Sign-On Certificates<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">We have four different options for doing Certificates in vCenter Server 6<\/p>\n<ol style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li>VMCA (VMware CA) as root CA<\/li>\n<li>VMCA as Enterprise CA Subordinate<\/li>\n<li>Custom CA<\/li>\n<li>Hybrid<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Today we care about the Hybrid Mode. That means we will replace the Machine SSL&nbsp;Certificate with an official&nbsp;one from eg. QuoVadis and leave the other Certificates like ESXi or Solution Users by default.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Certificate Request:<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">First we have to open the vSphere Certificate Manager witch is located under:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">Windows vCenter 6.0 &#8220;C:\\Program Files\\VMware\\vCenter Server\\vmcad\\certificate-manager&#8221;<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">vCSA 6.0 (vCenter Server Appliance) &#8220;\/usr\/lib\/vmware-vmca\/bin\/&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>(The&nbsp;Certificate Manager is the same in Windows vCenter as&nbsp;in vCSA)<\/em><\/p>\n<!-- default-view.php -->\n<div\n\tclass=\"ngg-galleryoverview default-view  ngg-ajax-pagination-none\"\n\tid=\"ngg-gallery-e45e79874e4388ab68b1c38b8717503a-1\">\n\n\t\t<!-- Thumbnails -->\n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-0\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box \" >\n\t\t\t\t        <div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\">\n            <a href=\"http:\/\/vblog.hochsticher.de\/wp-content\/gallery\/ssl-cert\/certificate-manager.JPG\"\n               title=\"\"\n               data-src=\"http:\/\/vblog.hochsticher.de\/wp-content\/gallery\/ssl-cert\/certificate-manager.JPG\"\n               data-thumbnail=\"http:\/\/vblog.hochsticher.de\/wp-content\/gallery\/ssl-cert\/thumbs\/thumbs_certificate-manager.JPG\"\n               data-image-id=\"53\"\n               data-title=\"certificate-manager\"\n               data-description=\"\"\n               data-image-slug=\"certificate-manager\"\n               class=\"ngg-fancybox\" rel=\"e45e79874e4388ab68b1c38b8717503a\">\n                <img\n                    title=\"certificate-manager\"\n                    alt=\"certificate-manager\"\n                    src=\"http:\/\/vblog.hochsticher.de\/wp-content\/gallery\/ssl-cert\/thumbs\/thumbs_certificate-manager.JPG\"\n                    width=\"240\"\n                    height=\"160\"\n                    style=\"max-width:100%;\"\n                \/>\n            <\/a>\n        <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t\t\n\t\n\t<br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\n\t\n\t\t<!-- Pagination -->\n\t<div class='ngg-clear'><\/div>\t<\/div>\n\n<p>We use Option 1 and fill out the requested information.<\/p>\n<!-- default-view.php -->\n<div\n\tclass=\"ngg-galleryoverview default-view  ngg-ajax-pagination-none\"\n\tid=\"ngg-gallery-484979e854f62b868fbae8de00f81743-1\">\n\n\t\t<!-- Thumbnails -->\n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-0\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box \" >\n\t\t\t\t        <div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\">\n            <a href=\"http:\/\/vblog.hochsticher.de\/wp-content\/gallery\/ssl-cert\/csr2.JPG\"\n               title=\"\"\n               data-src=\"http:\/\/vblog.hochsticher.de\/wp-content\/gallery\/ssl-cert\/csr2.JPG\"\n               data-thumbnail=\"http:\/\/vblog.hochsticher.de\/wp-content\/gallery\/ssl-cert\/thumbs\/thumbs_csr2.JPG\"\n               data-image-id=\"55\"\n               data-title=\"csr2\"\n               data-description=\"\"\n               data-image-slug=\"csr2\"\n               class=\"ngg-fancybox\" rel=\"484979e854f62b868fbae8de00f81743\">\n                <img\n                    title=\"csr2\"\n                    alt=\"csr2\"\n                    src=\"http:\/\/vblog.hochsticher.de\/wp-content\/gallery\/ssl-cert\/thumbs\/thumbs_csr2.JPG\"\n                    width=\"240\"\n                    height=\"160\"\n                    style=\"max-width:100%;\"\n                \/>\n            <\/a>\n        <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t\t\n\t\n\t<br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\n\t\n\t\t<!-- Pagination -->\n\t<div class='ngg-clear'><\/div>\t<\/div>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">With your created CSR-File you can go to your CA to request a Certificate. After some checks, you should get from your CA a .csr-File back.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Import Certificate:<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">With&nbsp;our .csr-File we can start the&nbsp;import.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">So, again we start the&nbsp;Certificate Manager. Select option 1 and option 2 to replace the Certificate and follow the wizard. We have to fill out the paths to the Machine-Certificate, the created Keyfile and finally the Root-Certificate.<\/p>\n<!-- default-view.php -->\n<div\n\tclass=\"ngg-galleryoverview default-view  ngg-ajax-pagination-none\"\n\tid=\"ngg-gallery-4208a31c7cc72756fff8c4599e41562f-1\">\n\n\t\t<!-- Thumbnails -->\n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-0\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box \" >\n\t\t\t\t        <div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\">\n            <a href=\"http:\/\/vblog.hochsticher.de\/wp-content\/gallery\/ssl-import\/import1.JPG\"\n               title=\"\"\n               data-src=\"http:\/\/vblog.hochsticher.de\/wp-content\/gallery\/ssl-import\/import1.JPG\"\n               data-thumbnail=\"http:\/\/vblog.hochsticher.de\/wp-content\/gallery\/ssl-import\/thumbs\/thumbs_import1.JPG\"\n               data-image-id=\"56\"\n               data-title=\"import1\"\n               data-description=\"\"\n               data-image-slug=\"import1\"\n               class=\"ngg-fancybox\" rel=\"4208a31c7cc72756fff8c4599e41562f\">\n                <img\n                    title=\"import1\"\n                    alt=\"import1\"\n                    src=\"http:\/\/vblog.hochsticher.de\/wp-content\/gallery\/ssl-import\/thumbs\/thumbs_import1.JPG\"\n                    width=\"240\"\n                    height=\"160\"\n                    style=\"max-width:100%;\"\n                \/>\n            <\/a>\n        <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-1\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box \" >\n\t\t\t\t        <div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\">\n            <a href=\"http:\/\/vblog.hochsticher.de\/wp-content\/gallery\/ssl-import\/import2.JPG\"\n               title=\"\"\n               data-src=\"http:\/\/vblog.hochsticher.de\/wp-content\/gallery\/ssl-import\/import2.JPG\"\n               data-thumbnail=\"http:\/\/vblog.hochsticher.de\/wp-content\/gallery\/ssl-import\/thumbs\/thumbs_import2.JPG\"\n               data-image-id=\"57\"\n               data-title=\"import2\"\n               data-description=\"\"\n               data-image-slug=\"import2\"\n               class=\"ngg-fancybox\" rel=\"4208a31c7cc72756fff8c4599e41562f\">\n                <img\n                    title=\"import2\"\n                    alt=\"import2\"\n                    src=\"http:\/\/vblog.hochsticher.de\/wp-content\/gallery\/ssl-import\/thumbs\/thumbs_import2.JPG\"\n                    width=\"240\"\n                    height=\"160\"\n                    style=\"max-width:100%;\"\n                \/>\n            <\/a>\n        <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t\t\n\t\n\t<br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\n\t\n\t\t<!-- Pagination -->\n\t<div class='ngg-clear'><\/div>\t<\/div>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">In the end, hopefully you get the message &#8220;All tasks completed successfully&#8221; \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">After&nbsp;all vCenter services were restarted, be patient for&nbsp;the Webclient-Service (a few minutes) to complete everything.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">You should see now the correct Certificate when you connect to your vCenter.<\/p>\n<!-- default-view.php -->\n<div\n\tclass=\"ngg-galleryoverview default-view  ngg-ajax-pagination-none\"\n\tid=\"ngg-gallery-3fdcb87692f9bf039d5ab4ed01ffccc2-1\">\n\n\t\t<!-- Thumbnails -->\n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-0\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box \" >\n\t\t\t\t        <div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\">\n            <a href=\"http:\/\/vblog.hochsticher.de\/wp-content\/gallery\/vcenter-cert\/Bildschirmfoto-2016-11-06-um-14.29.38.png\"\n               title=\"\"\n               data-src=\"http:\/\/vblog.hochsticher.de\/wp-content\/gallery\/vcenter-cert\/Bildschirmfoto-2016-11-06-um-14.29.38.png\"\n               data-thumbnail=\"http:\/\/vblog.hochsticher.de\/wp-content\/gallery\/vcenter-cert\/thumbs\/thumbs_Bildschirmfoto-2016-11-06-um-14.29.38.png\"\n               data-image-id=\"58\"\n               data-title=\"Bildschirmfoto 2016-11-06 um 14.29.38\"\n               data-description=\"\"\n               data-image-slug=\"bildschirmfoto-2016-11-06-um-14-29-38\"\n               class=\"ngg-fancybox\" rel=\"3fdcb87692f9bf039d5ab4ed01ffccc2\">\n                <img\n                    title=\"Bildschirmfoto 2016-11-06 um 14.29.38\"\n                    alt=\"Bildschirmfoto 2016-11-06 um 14.29.38\"\n                    src=\"http:\/\/vblog.hochsticher.de\/wp-content\/gallery\/vcenter-cert\/thumbs\/thumbs_Bildschirmfoto-2016-11-06-um-14.29.38.png\"\n                    width=\"240\"\n                    height=\"160\"\n                    style=\"max-width:100%;\"\n                \/>\n            <\/a>\n        <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t\t\n\t\n\t<br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\n\t\n\t\t<!-- Pagination -->\n\t<div class='ngg-clear'><\/div>\t<\/div>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Additional Informations:<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li>Don&#8217;t forget to tell your 3rd Party Applications about the new vCenter Certificate (eg. the Backup Software)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>SSL Error with Update Manager:<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">I got the following SSL error after changing the vCenter Certificate:<\/p>\n<!-- default-view.php -->\n<div\n\tclass=\"ngg-galleryoverview default-view  ngg-ajax-pagination-none\"\n\tid=\"ngg-gallery-33d5594a3165786a2ca6a854aa92a66f-1\">\n\n\t\t<!-- Thumbnails -->\n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-0\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box \" >\n\t\t\t\t        <div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\">\n            <a href=\"http:\/\/vblog.hochsticher.de\/wp-content\/gallery\/updatemanager-err\/err1.JPG\"\n               title=\"\"\n               data-src=\"http:\/\/vblog.hochsticher.de\/wp-content\/gallery\/updatemanager-err\/err1.JPG\"\n               data-thumbnail=\"http:\/\/vblog.hochsticher.de\/wp-content\/gallery\/updatemanager-err\/thumbs\/thumbs_err1.JPG\"\n               data-image-id=\"59\"\n               data-title=\"err1\"\n               data-description=\"\"\n               data-image-slug=\"err1\"\n               class=\"ngg-fancybox\" rel=\"33d5594a3165786a2ca6a854aa92a66f\">\n                <img\n                    title=\"err1\"\n                    alt=\"err1\"\n                    src=\"http:\/\/vblog.hochsticher.de\/wp-content\/gallery\/updatemanager-err\/thumbs\/thumbs_err1.JPG\"\n                    width=\"240\"\n                    height=\"160\"\n                    style=\"max-width:100%;\"\n                \/>\n            <\/a>\n        <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t\t\n\t\n\t<br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\n\t\n\t\t<!-- Pagination -->\n\t<div class='ngg-clear'><\/div>\t<\/div>\n\n<p>To avoid or solve this, we have to re-register the Update Manager Service. <em>(Described in&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/kb.vmware.com\/selfservice\/microsites\/search.do?language=en_US&amp;cmd=displayKC&amp;externalId=2048210\">KB: 2048210<\/a>)<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Go to: &#8220;C:\\Program Files (x86)\\VMware\\Infrastructure\\Update Manager&#8221; and start the&nbsp;<span class=\"s1\">&#8220;VMwareUpdateManagerUtility.exe&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<!-- default-view.php -->\n<div\n\tclass=\"ngg-galleryoverview default-view  ngg-ajax-pagination-none\"\n\tid=\"ngg-gallery-16ffe5b267e6b2f0bf7edac90a01d617-1\">\n\n\t\t<!-- Thumbnails -->\n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-0\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box \" >\n\t\t\t\t        <div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\">\n            <a href=\"http:\/\/vblog.hochsticher.de\/wp-content\/gallery\/updatemanager-err\/err2.JPG\"\n               title=\"\"\n               data-src=\"http:\/\/vblog.hochsticher.de\/wp-content\/gallery\/updatemanager-err\/err2.JPG\"\n               data-thumbnail=\"http:\/\/vblog.hochsticher.de\/wp-content\/gallery\/updatemanager-err\/thumbs\/thumbs_err2.JPG\"\n               data-image-id=\"60\"\n               data-title=\"err2\"\n               data-description=\"\"\n               data-image-slug=\"err2\"\n               class=\"ngg-fancybox\" rel=\"16ffe5b267e6b2f0bf7edac90a01d617\">\n                <img\n                    title=\"err2\"\n                    alt=\"err2\"\n                    src=\"http:\/\/vblog.hochsticher.de\/wp-content\/gallery\/updatemanager-err\/thumbs\/thumbs_err2.JPG\"\n                    width=\"240\"\n                    height=\"160\"\n                    style=\"max-width:100%;\"\n                \/>\n            <\/a>\n        <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t\t\n\t\n\t<br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\n\t\n\t\t<!-- Pagination -->\n\t<div class='ngg-clear'><\/div>\t<\/div>\n\n<p>Choose &#8220;Re-register to vCenter&#8221;<\/p>\n<!-- default-view.php -->\n<div\n\tclass=\"ngg-galleryoverview 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src=\"http:\/\/vblog.hochsticher.de\/wp-content\/gallery\/updatemanager-err\/thumbs\/thumbs_err3.JPG\"\n                    width=\"240\"\n                    height=\"160\"\n                    style=\"max-width:100%;\"\n                \/>\n            <\/a>\n        <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t\t\n\t\n\t<br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\n\t\n\t\t<!-- Pagination -->\n\t<div class='ngg-clear'><\/div>\t<\/div>\n\n<!-- default-view.php -->\n<div\n\tclass=\"ngg-galleryoverview default-view  ngg-ajax-pagination-none\"\n\tid=\"ngg-gallery-7be3b42325fd61ce104645fd6ffea721-1\">\n\n\t\t<!-- Thumbnails -->\n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-0\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box \" >\n\t\t\t\t        <div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\">\n            <a href=\"http:\/\/vblog.hochsticher.de\/wp-content\/gallery\/updatemanager-err\/err4.JPG\"\n               title=\"\"\n               data-src=\"http:\/\/vblog.hochsticher.de\/wp-content\/gallery\/updatemanager-err\/err4.JPG\"\n               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