Generating and accepting the Appliance Virtualization Platform host certificates

Last Updated : Oct 04, 2020 |

About this task

With Solution Deployment Manager, you can generate certificates only for Appliance Virtualization Platform hosts.

If the certificate is invalid:

  • Get a correct certificate for the host and add the certificate.

  • Regenerate a self-signed certificate on the host.

Before you begin

Get permissions to add a host to generate certificates.

Procedure

  1. To access Solution Deployment Manager, do one of the following:

    • On the System Manager web console, click Services > Solution Deployment Manager.

    • On the desktop, click the Solution Deployment Manager icon (Icon used to open the Solution Deployment Manager client dashboard).

  2. In Application Management Tree, select a location.
  3. On the Platforms tab, in the Platforms for Selected Location <location name> area, select an Appliance Virtualization Platform host.
  4. Click More Actions > Generate/Accept Certificate.
  5. To accept the certificate, in the Certificate dialog box, click Generate Certificate, and do the following:
    1. In the Generate Certificate dialog box, in the Validity in Days field, type the validity of the certificate in days.
    2. Click Generate Certificate.

      The system displays the message: Certificate is generated.

    3. Click Ok.
  6. To accept the certificate, click Accept Certificate.
  7. To view the certificate validity status, click the View link in the Platform Certificate Status column.

    Appliance Virtualization Platform places an IP address and FQDN in generated certificates. Therefore, from Solution Deployment Manager, you can connect to Appliance Virtualization Platform hosts through IP address or FQDN.

    In the Platforms for Selected Location <location name> section, the Platform Certificate Status column must display a check mark .

    Note:

    An alarm is generated everyday if the certificate expiry is below 60 days. This alarm can be cleared by installing a new identity certificate, which has the validity more than 60 days.