If you use a custom certificate for VMware Aria Suite Lifecycle instead of default self-signed certificate, you can replace the VMware Aria Suite Lifecycle certificate.
Prerequisites
- A X509 PEM base-64 encoded certificate and private key. Verify that the private key is not encrypted.
- A machine with an SSH access to VMware Aria Suite Lifecycle, and software such as PuTTY and an SCP software such as WinSCP installed on it.
Procedure
- Rename the certificate to
server.crt
and private key toserver.key
. - Open a Secure Shell connection VMware Aria Suite Lifecycle appliance as root user.
- Copy the certificate files
server.crt
andserver.key
to the/opt/vmware/vlcm/cert
folder. You can use an SCP software like WinSCP on Windows. Make sure to backup the original files before copying. - After copying the certificates, restart the VMware Aria Suite Lifecycle proxy services to update the appliance certificate.
- Restart the system services by executing the following command in the SSH session:
systemctl restart nginx
. - Check the status of the system services by executing the following command in the SSH session:
systemctl status nginx
.
- Restart the system services by executing the following command in the SSH session:
- After restarting the services, verify that the certificate is updated on the appliance, open a browser and go to
https://lcm-server-host
. - Verify that you see the new certificate in the browser.