Import a CA-Signed Certificate to the Global Manager Cluster

Import the root/leaf or machine certificate and intermediate certificate as appropriate to the first Global Manager node.

Generate root and intermediate CA-signed certificates.

In a web browser, log in to Global Manager at https://gm_vip_fqdn/.

Import the root CA certificate.

On the main navigation bar,

System

Certificates

Click

Import

Import CA certificate

In the Import CA Certificate dialog box, enter a name for the root CA certificate.

For

Certificate Contents

, select the root CA certificate you created in step 2c and click

Import

Import certificates for the Global Manager nodes and the load balanced virtual server address.

Click

Import

Import certificate

In the

Name

field, enter gm_vip_fqdn.

In the Certificate Contents, browse to the previously created certificate file with the extension

chain.pem

and select the file.

In the

Private Key

, browse to the previously created private key with the extension

.key

, select the file, and click

Import

VMware Cloud Foundation 4.5