Tag : Certificate Authority

Written by Christopher Lewis on March 24, 2016 .

This is Part 3B of a series of posts on how to configure VMware vSphere 6.x to use Certificates from Microsoft Windows Server Certificate Services, covering the creation of a Subordinate CA certificate for use with the VMware Certificate Authority (VMCA).

For some insightful information on VMCA Design Decisions post by AtherBeg

The following assumes you have completed the steps within the series:

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 .

Active Directory Certificate Authority Certificates Microsoft

Written by Christopher Lewis on March 24, 2016 .

This is Part 3A 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:

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

Active Directory Certificate Authority Certificates Microsoft

Written by Christopher Lewis on March 22, 2016 .

This is Part 2 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:

Instructions

Click Configure Active Directory Certificate Services to run the AD CS Configuration Post-deployment configuration wizard.

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If required, click Change to choose a different account with the appropriate administration rights (i.e. Enterprise Admins) and click Next.

Active Directory Certificate Authority Certificates Microsoft

Written by Christopher Lewis on March 22, 2016 .

This is Part 1 of a series of posts on how to configure VMware vSphere 6.0 to use Certificates from Microsoft Windows Server Certificate Services.

I have heavily invested into my Home Lab over the last few months and as part of building my new VMware vSphere 6.0 Home Lab. I have decided that creating an Enterprise Root CA is a good idea so that I can work with certificates in my home lab.

Active Directory Certificate Authority Certificates Microsoft