While configuring CSM, you must enter thumbprint value of NSX Manager.

Prerequisites

You can get thumbprint value in two ways; NSX Manager's User Interface (UI) or CLI.

Procedure

  1. Obtain the thumbprint value from the NSX Manager CLI as follows:
    1. Open an SSH session or console session to one of the NSX Manager appliances.
    2. To retrieve the thumbprint of the NSX Manager appliance, at the NSX Manager appliance console, run the get certificate api thumbprint command. The command output is a string of alphanumeric numbers that is unique to this NSX Manager. For example:
      NSX-Manager1> get certificate api thumbprint
      659442c1435350edbbc0e87ed5a6980d892b9118f851c17a13ec76a8b985f57
      Alternatively, to retrieve the thumbprint of the cluster, at the NSX Manager appliance console, run the get certificate cluster thumbprint command.The output is a string of alphanumeric numbers that is unique to the cluster.

      See the NSX Command-Line Interface Reference for details on CLI commands.

  2. Obtain the thumbprint value from the NSX Manager UI as follows:
    1. From your browser, log in with admin privileges to an NSX Manager at https://<nsx-manager-ip-address>.
    2. Navigate to System > Appliances and in the NSX Manager tab, click View Details.
      UI navigation: System > Appliances> NSX Manager
    3. Under the Appliance details section, use the copy icon next to Cert Thumbprint to copy the thumbprint value.
      Copy the thumbprint value

Results

The thumbprint value of the NSX Manager is available.