This blog has been created as a central location to capture information that is relevant to my job. It will hopefully help the wider community at the same time. The content is focused on VMware's Software-Defined Datacenter (SDDC).
Whilst working with VMware Cloud Foundation recently I wanted to implement an additional level of security around the process of certificate management. For those that don't know in the current release in order to integrate SDDC Manager with your Microsoft Certificate Authority you have to enable basic authentication (see PowerVCF – Configure the Microsoft Certificate …
Continue reading Creating a Service Account for Certificate Management with VMware Cloud Foundation
This is the fifth and final blog posts in this series that discusses the process of Certificate Management with VMware Cloud Foundation. In this post we will look at the process of installing the signed certificates using SDDC Manager. Install Signed Certificates using the User Interface The following procedure demonstrates the process through the SDDC …
This is the fourth of five blog posts that discusses the process of Certificate Management with VMware Cloud Foundation. In this post we will look at the process of requesting the signed certificates from the Microsoft Certificate Authority using SDDC Manager. Generate Signed Certificates using the User Interface The following procedure demonstrates the process through …
This is the third of five blog posts that discusses the process of Certificate Management with VMware Cloud Foundation. In this post we will look at the process of generating the Certificate Signing Request (CSR) files using SDDC Manager. Generate Certificate Signing Request (CSR) Files using the User Interface The following procedure demonstrates the process …
This is the second of five blog posts that discusses the process of Certificate Management with VMware Cloud Foundation. In this post we will look at the process of configuring SDDC Manager integration with the Microsoft Certificate Authority. SDDC Manager must be configured with the Microsoft Certificate Authority so that you can automate the process …
Continue reading PowerVCF – Connect SDDC Manager to the Microsoft Certificate Authority (Part 2)
This is the first of five blog posts that discusses Certificate Management with VMware Cloud Foundation. In this post we will look at the configuration requirements on the Microsoft Certificate Authority server itself, failure to perform these additional configuration steps prior to attempting any procedures within the SDDC Manager User Interface or PowerVCF cmdlets will …
In this blog series I’m going to explore the capabilities provided in VMware Cloud Foundation that allow you to perform certificate management across components managed by SDDC Manager. The capability to manage certificates was introduced a number of releases ago but with the release of version 3.9 the ability to perform these same operations were exposed …
Continue reading PowerVCF – Introduction to Certificate Management with VMware Cloud Foundation
