To generate OpenSSL Certificate Authority (CA) signed certificates for the VMware Cloud Foundation environment:

Procedure

  1. To configure the OpenSSL CA settings before generating the certificates, navigate to Administration > Security > Certificate Management.
  2. In the Configure Certificate Authority page, select OpenSSL for Certificate Authority. Provide the required information.
    Attribute Description
    Common Name Specify the FQDN of OpenSSL CA.
    Organizational Unit Use this field to differentiate between divisions within your organization with which this certificate is associated.
    Organization Specify the name under which your company is legally registered. The listed organization must be the legal registrant of the domain name in the certificate request.
    Locality Specify the city or the locality where your company is legally registered.
    State Enter the full name (do not abbreviate) of the state, province, region, or territory where your company is legally registered.
    Country Select the country where your company is legally registered.
    Click Save.
  3. To generate the OpenSSL CA signed certificates, navigate to Inventory > Workload Domains > Select Domain.
  4. Under the Security tab, click Generate Signed Certificates.
  5. The Generate Signed Certificates pop-up appears. Select OpenSSL as the Certificate Authority.
  6. Click Generate Certificates.