Import the Trusted Certificates to VMware Aria Automation Orchestrator for Private Cloud Automation for VMware Cloud Foundation

To create a trust chain for connecting to the VMware Cloud Foundation components, import the trusted certificate of your certificate authority to VMware Aria Automation Orchestrator.

UI Procedure

1. Log in to the VMware Aria Automation Orchestrator Control Center at https://<aria_automation_cluster_fqdn>/vco-controlcenter as root.

2. Click Certificates.

3. Click the Trusted certificates tab and, from the Import drop-down menu, select Import from a PEM-encoded file.

4. Click Browse, navigate to the certificate authority Root64.cer file, click Open and then click Import.

5. On the Import this certificate page, verify the certificate information and click Import.

6. If there are additional certificate chains that must be trusted by VMware Aria Automation Orchestrator, repeat this procedure for each additional certificate.

PowerShell Procedure

1. Start PowerShell.

2. Replace the values in the sample code with values from your VMware Cloud Foundation Planning and Preparation Workbook and run the commands in the PowerShell console.

   $sddcManagerFqdn = "sfo-vcf01.sfo.rainpole.io"
   $sddcManagerUser = "[email protected]"
   $sddcManagerPass = "VMw@re1!"
   
   $configUser = "configadmin"
   $configPass = "VMw@re1!"

3. Perform the configuration by running the command in the PowerShell console.

   Add-vROTrustedCertificate -server $sddcManagerFqdn -user $sddcManagerUser -pass $sddcManagerPass -vraUser $configUser -vraPass $configPass

4. Navigate to the Root CA .cer certificate file and click Open.