You can import certificates of servers that VMware Cloud Director communicates with, such as vCenter, NSX-V Manager, and so on.
Note: Instead of importing certificates manually, you can test the connection to the remote server and establish a trust relationship with it. See
Test the VMware Cloud Director Connection to a Remote Server and Establish a Trust Relationship Using the Tenant Portal.
When using
VMware Cloud Director in FIPS mode, you must use FIPS-compatible private keys. You can use pyOpenSSL to generate private keys in FIPS-compatible PKCS#8 format. If you generate PKCS#8 private keys by using OpenSSL, the private keys are not FIPS-compatible. For more information about FIPS mode, see
Activate FIPS Mode on the Cells in the Server Group or
Activate or Deactivate FIPS Mode on the VMware Cloud Director Appliance.
![You can import trusted certificates by selecting a PEM file, containing the certificates to be imported.](images/GUID-71E850F5-2FE6-4CE9-AD8B-D7C3060DA120-low.png)
Prerequisites
Procedure
- From the primary left navigation panel, select Administration.
- In the left panel, under Certificate Management, select Trusted Certificates and click Import.
- Upload a PEM file containing the certificates that you want to import and click Import.
- (Optional) Edit the certificate name.
- Click Import.
What to do next
- Download a certificate.
- Edit a certificate name.
- Delete a certificate.
- Copy the PEM data to the clipboard.