When you upload a custom certificate file, the VMware Aria Operations interface displays summary information for all certificates in the file.

For a valid custom certificate file, you should be able to match issuer to subject, issuer to subject, back to a self-signed certificate where the issuer and subject are the same.

In the following example, OU=MBU,O=VMware\, Inc.,CN=vc-ops-slice-32 is issued by OU=MBU,O=VMware\, Inc.,CN=vc-ops-intermediate-32, which is issued by OU=MBU,O=VMware\, Inc.,CN=vc-ops-cluster-ca_33717ac0-ad81-4a15-ac4e-e1806f0d3f84, which is issued by itself.

Thumbprint: 80:C4:84:B9:11:5B:9F:70:9F:54:99:9E:71:46:69:D3:67:31:2B:9C
Issuer Distinguished Name: OU=MBU,O=VMware\, Inc.,CN=vc-ops-intermediate-32
Subject Distinguished Name: OU=MBU,O=VMware\, Inc.,CN=vc-ops-slice-32
Subject Alternate Name:
PublicKey Algorithm: RSA
Valid From: 2015-05-07T16:25:24.000Z
Valid To: 2020-05-06T16:25:24.000Z

Thumbprint: 72:FE:95:F2:90:7C:86:24:D9:4E:12:EC:FB:10:38:7A:DA:EC:00:3A
Issuer Distinguished Name: OU=MBU,O=VMware\, Inc.,CN=vc-ops-cluster-ca_33717ac0-ad81-4a15-ac4e-e1806f0d3f84
Subject Distinguished Name: OU=MBU,O=VMware\, Inc.,CN=vc-ops-intermediate-32
Subject Alternate Name: localhost,127.0.0.1
PublicKey Algorithm: RSA
Valid From: 2015-05-07T16:25:19.000Z
Valid To: 2020-05-06T16:25:19.000Z

Thumbprint: FA:AD:FD:91:AD:E4:F1:00:EC:4A:D4:73:81:DB:B2:D1:20:35:DB:F2
Issuer Distinguished Name: OU=MBU,O=VMware\, Inc.,CN=vc-ops-cluster-ca_33717ac0-ad81-4a15-ac4e-e1806f0d3f84
Subject Distinguished Name: OU=MBU,O=VMware\, Inc.,CN=vc-ops-cluster-ca_33717ac0-ad81-4a15-ac4e-e1806f0d3f84
Subject Alternate Name: localhost,127.0.0.1
PublicKey Algorithm: RSA
Valid From: 2015-05-07T16:24:45.000Z
Valid To: 2020-05-06T16:24:45.000Z