Hi,
in the default configuration the ESXi host gets a TLS certificate from the vCenter signed bei the VMCA_ROOT_CERT certificate.
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Hi,
in the default configuration the ESXi host gets a TLS certificate from the vCenter signed bei the VMCA_ROOT_CERT certificate.
Continue reading VMware: Export the vCenter VMCA_ROOT_CERT certificate
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a customer had the problem that, due to outdated DNS Server settings, vCenter didn’t start all services. Connecting with a browser just show “No healthy upstreams” and the login to the VCSA GUI takes a long time.
Continue reading VMware: Change network configuration of a vCenter Appliance (VCSA )
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often, when a vCenter VCSA update fails, the error is a certificate missmatch. For example the sso/vmware-stsd service
Continue reading VMware: vCenter VCSA appliance upgrade fails with “Service cannot be started”
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for a higher security level it is recommended to install own (trusted) certificates in to VMware’s vCenter VCSA appliance.
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I will show you how you can update a VCSA Appliance from command line rather then from webfrontend.
I assume you have configured a proxy server when you do not have a direct internet connection.
Login to the appliance at the console or by ssh.
First of all check the state of the lookup service by lsdoctor
Run the lsdoctor tool to recognized some certificate issues. Certificate issues are often the problem when an update fails.
Command> shell root@vCenter [ ~/lsdoctor-master ]# python lsdoctor.py -l 2021-12-13T12:52:04 INFO generateReport: Listing lookup service problems found in SSO domain... 2021-12-13T12:52:04 INFO generateReport: No issues detected in the lookup service entries
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