Importing CA Certificates
Last Updated February 20, 2025

Certificate Authority (CA) or root certificates are used for establishing the outgoing connections from
VMware Aria Operations
. CA Certificates imported by the users will be used in the following
VMware Aria Operations
domains: Authentication Sources (Active Directory (AD), Open LDAP,
VMware Identity Manager
), Outbound Plugins, and Adapter Endpoint.
  1. In the menu, click
    Administration
    , and then in the left pane click
    Management > Certificates
    .
  2. Click
    Import
    .
    The Import CA Certificate(s) dialog box appears. You can only import certificates that are encoded in the PEM format.
  3. Click
    Browse
    .
  4. Locate the certificate
    .pem
    file and click
    Open
    to load the file in the Import CA Certificate(s) dialog box.
    The certificate information box appears with the certificate thumbprint, issued by, issued to and expiry date. For example, if you select a certificate that will expire in 10 days, you will receive a notification that the certificate is expiring soon.
    If a certificate is close to its expiry date, a corresponding notification is displayed on the
    Home > Quick Start
    page.
  5. Click
    Import
    .
  6. Click the
    Vertical Ellipsis
    to delete a certificate.