Chapter 12. Configuring vSphere Certificates
In this chapter, we will cover the following recipes:
- Configuring a Windows CA template
- Requesting certificates from a Windows CA
- Using SSL Certificate Automation Tool 5.5
- Process certificate requests
- Registering the Single Sign-On certificate
- Registering the Inventory Service certificate
- Registering the vCenter certificate
- Registering the Web Client certificate
- Registering the Log Browser certificate
- Registering the Update Manager certificate
- Installing an ESXi host certificate
Introduction
Certificates provide digital identification and a mechanism to establish trust. We can think of a certificate as a driver's license or a government-issued ID card. The trusted root authority can be thought of as the government ...
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