By default, the VMware Chargeback for VMware Cloud Director has a self-signed certificate. You can modify the default certificate, if necessary.

You can resolve a problem by installing a signed certificate using one of the procedures below.

Procedure

  1. Installing a Web Certificate

    When you attempt to use VMware Chargeback for VMware Cloud Director over a trusted SSL Internet connection, and open the interface in a Web browser; you receive warnings that the connection is untrusted (in Mozilla Firefox) or that problems have been detected with the website's security certificate (in Internet Explorer).

    To import certificates of Chargeback that VMware Cloud Director communicates with using the steps mentioned here.

    1. Go to Administration > Support, and click SSL Certificate.
    2. Click Import.
    3. Select Certificate Type: Web Certificate.
      UI image showing Web Certificate selected.
    4. Click Browse to select a .pem file. The .pem file contains the certificate and private key.
    5. Click Upload.

      For information on generating certificates, see KB 71358.

  2. Installing a Plugin Certificate

    In order to successfully integrate with the VCD Tenant UI, the Chargeback application must recognize and trust the associated VCD endpoint. Therefore, it's necessary to upload the VCD certificate to the Chargeback application.

    1. Go to Administration > Support, and click SSL Certificate.
    2. Click Import.
    3. Select Certificate Type: Plugin Certificate.
      UI image showing Plugin Certificate selected.
    4. Click Browse to select a .pem file. The .pem file contains the certificate and private key.
    5. Click Upload.

Results

Your uploaded certificate(s) and corresponding details will now appear in the certificate list.