To fulfill load balancer or proxy requirements, you can change the default endpoint Web addresses for the VMware Cloud Director Web Portal and VMware Cloud Director API.
Public addresses are Web addresses exposed to clients of VMware Cloud Director. Defaults for these addresses are specified during installation. If necessary, you can update the addresses.
If VMware Cloud Director consists of a single cell, the installer creates public endpoints that usually provide sufficient access for API and Web clients. Installations and deployments that include multiple cells typically place a load balancer between the cells and the clients. Clients access the system at the load balancer's address. The load balancer distributes client requests across the available cells. Other network configurations that include a proxy or place the cells in a DMZ also require customized endpoints. Endpoint URL details are specific to your network configuration.
The endpoints for the VMware Cloud Director Tenant Portal and VMware Cloud Director Web Console require SSL certificates, preferably signed. You must specify a path to these certificates when you install or deploy VMware Cloud Director. If you customize any of these endpoints after installation or deployment, you might need to install new certificates that match endpoint details such as hostname
and subject alternative name
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Starting with VMware Cloud Director 10.4, the console proxy uses the same IP address and port as the REST API. The console proxy and REST API use a single certificate. Because of the unified access point, customizing the VMware Cloud Director public console proxy address is no longer necessary. If you want to use the legacy implementation with a dedicated console proxy access point, you can enable the LegacyConsoleProxy feature from the Feature Flags settings menu under the Administration tab of the VMware Cloud Director Service Provider Admin Portal. To enable the LegacyConsoleProxy feature, your installation or deployment must have console proxy settings configured in a previous version and transferred through a VMware Cloud Director upgrade. After enabling or deactivating the feature you must restart the cells.