Export Machine SSL Embedded Private Key From vCenter

This quick post demonstrates how to export the Machine SSL embedded Private key from your vCenter Server Appliance (VCSA). If you replaced the default Machine SSL certificate on your vCenter where the CSR was generated from the vCenter Server, the private key would be embedded in the vCenter Appliance certificate store. If you need to…

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Remove certificates with weak signature algorithms in vCenter Server

During the vCenter Server 8.0 upgrade, I was faced with the following Pre-upgrade check error and wasn’t able to continue the upgrade. As of vCenter Server 8.0, certificates with SHA-1 signature algorithms are no longer supported and must be removed or replaced with a certificate that uses SHA-2 signature algorithm. In this post, I’ll show…

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