Thursday, August 1, 2024

Automatic Updating ESXi Certificates

This is mostly a note to myself.

Venafi TPP can copy certificate files via SSH by using SCP. 

Look like ESXi supports this:

  • I've always WinSCP'd into the host then gone to /etc/vmware/ssl/ rename and transfer the certificate as 'rui.crt' and rename and transfer the private key as 'rui.key' then go to the ESXi console, go to troubleshoot, and restart management agents. Your ESXi host should now be using the new certificates.
  • https://www.reddit.com/r/vmware/comments/yenv8d/replace_esxi_host_ssl_with_internal_ca_with/ 

Other:

  • https://knowledge.broadcom.com/external/article?legacyId=56441 
  • https://www.filecloud.com/blog/2022/06/installing-an-ssl-certificate-on-an-esxi-server/
  • https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-vSphere/7.0/com.vmware.vsphere.security.doc/GUID-B70177EE-9C62-4BB9-BD3C-4848C128E63A.html
  • https://www.starwindsoftware.com/blog/how-to-replace-your-default-esxi-ssl-certificate-with-a-self-signed-certificate/
  • https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-Cloud-Foundation/4.5/vcf-admin/GUID-91824B56-91F3-44FE-B67B-180A50B94717.html#GUID-91824B56-91F3-44FE-B67B-180A50B94717