You can establish secure connections from App Volumes Manager to SQL Server and vCenter Server using SSL certificates. You can also add a vCenter Server root CA certificate in App Volumes Manager.
Establish a Secure SQL Server Connection
If the instance of App Volumes Manager that you have installed connects to an SQL server, you can change the default Windows ODBC settings and connect securely to App Volumes Manager.
Ensure that you have downloaded the SSL certificate on the SQL server instance and imported the certificate as a Trusted Certificate on to the machine where App Volumes Manager is installed . Change the ODBC settings on this machine.
For detailed instructions, see https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/316898.
Establish a Secure vCenter Server Connection
You can securely connect to a vCenter Server from App Volumes using an SSL certificate.
Prerequisites
- Register a vCenter Server machine manager. See Configure and Register the Machine Manager.
- Ensure that the vCenter Server you are connecting to has a domain SSL certificate. The certificate must be verified and accepted by App Volumes.
Procedure
Results
You now have a trusted SSL certificate to connect to the vCenter Server.
What to do next
Add a vCenter Server Root CA Certificate in App Volumes Manager
To ensure that App Volumes Manager continues to trust the vCenter Server and remains connected even when the certificate gets renewed after the vCenter Server upgrade, you can add a root CA certificate that is used to sign your vCenter Server certificates in App Volumes Manager.
Prerequisites
- Ensure that you have installed the required version of App Volumes Manager.
- Download the trusted root CA certificate of the vCenter Server.
- Convert the downloaded root CA certificate to cacert.pem file.