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Do you have a Microsoft Certificate Authority server ? (this is going to be long and very involved!)<br />
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Also what versions of vCenter Server and ESXi do you have ?
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Do you have a Microsoft Certificate Authority server ? (this is going to be long and very involved!)

Also what versions of vCenter Server and ESXi do you have ?

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Yes, my organization does have a Microsoft Certificate Authority server.<br><br>We are using vSphere version 6.7.
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Yes, my organization does have a Microsoft Certificate Authority server.

We are using vSphere version 6.7.

Sys Admin/Windows Admin

IT Guy

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<p>In my other question <a href="https://www.experts-exchange.com/questions/29234522/Error-Invalid-server-certificate-message-while-trying-to-logon-to-vSphere-using-PowerCLI.html?anchorAnswerId=43397826#a43397826" rel="ugc">here</a> I described how I receive an Invalid server certificate message while trying to log on to vSphere using PowerCLI.</p><p><br></p><p>I was advised how important it is to create a certificate for the vSphere server to fully secure the communications and that this can be done with my organization's own internal certificate authority server.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>So I'm looking for step-by-step instructions on how to generate a certificate with Internal Certificate Authority for vSphere.</strong></p>
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In my other question
here
I described how I receive an Invalid server certificate message while trying to log on to vSphere using PowerCLI.
I was advised how important it is to create a certificate for the vSphere server to fully secure the communications and that this can be done with my organization's own internal certificate authority server.
So I'm looking for step-by-step instructions on how to generate a certificate with Internal Certificate Authority for vSphere.

Instructions on how to generate certificate with Internal Certificate Authority for vSphere

vSphere

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