Download and Install the
vCenter Server
Certificate

You can download the

vCenter Server

root certificate by using a Web browser and add it to the trusted certificates on the machine where you plan to run ESXCLI commands.

Enter the URL of the

vCenter Server

system into a Web browser.

Click the

Download trusted root CA certificates

link.

Verify that the extension of the downloaded file is

.zip

The file is a ZIP file of all certificates in the TRUSTED_ROOTS store.

Extract the ZIP file.

A certificates folder is extracted. The folder includes files with the extension

, and so on, which are certificates, and files with the extension

.r0

.r1

, and so on which are CRL files associated with the certificates.

Add the trusted root certificates to the list of trusted roots.

The process differs depending on the platform that you are on.

You can now run ESXCLI commands against any host that is managed by the trusted

vCenter Server

system without supplying additional information if you specify the

vCenter Server

system in the

--server

option and the

ESXi

host in the

--vihost

option.

VMware vSphere SDKs and Tools 7.0