Part 4 - Enabling the new Certificate Templates
Active Directory Certificate Authority Certificates Microsoft
Published on 25 March 2016 by Christopher Lewis. Words: 186. Reading Time: 1 mins.
This is Part 4 of a series of posts on how to configure VMware vSphere 6.x to use Certificates from Microsoft Windows Server Certificate Services.
The following assumes you have completed the steps within the series:
- Part 1 - Installing Microsoft Windows 2012 R2 Certificate Services
- Part 2 - Configuring an Enterprise Root Certificate Authority
- Part 3A - Creating the Microsoft CA Template for SSL certificates in vSphere 6.0
- Part 3B - Creating the Microsoft CA Template for Subordinate CA certificates in vSphere 6.0
The high level steps below are taken from the VMware KB Article Creating a Microsoft Certificate Authority Template for SSL certificate creation in vSphere 6.0
Instructions
Open the Certificate Authority MMC (certsrv) via the Certification Authority icon in the start menu (or right-click on start menu and selecting Run then typing certsrv.msc and click OK)
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Expand the Certification Authority, then the <your-enterprise-CA>
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Right click on Certificate Templates and select New > Certificate Template to Issue
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At the Enable Certificate Templates dialog, select the templates to enable and click OK.
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The new Certificate Template(s) should now be visible under the Certificate Templates folder.
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Published on 25 March 2016 by Christopher Lewis. Words: 186. Reading Time: 1 mins.
- Part 3B - Creating the Microsoft CA Template for Subordinate CA certificates in vSphere 6.0 ()
- Part 3A - Creating the Microsoft CA Template for SSL certificates in vSphere 6.0 ()
- Part 2 - Configuring an Enterprise Root Certificate Authority ()
- Part 1 - Installing Microsoft Windows 2012 R2 Certificate Services ()
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