SSL certificates are commonly used for a secure handshake between different services. In vRA, all communications between the client browser and services (identity management, CAFÉ, and IaaS) and between services are over TLS/SSL. However, I wanted to highlight that vRA components work with different SSL certificate file formats. Here is a list of the common formats used in a vRA solution:
Given that certificate generation is a protracted process, we have detailed the high-level steps involved in creating the certificates. The extensive list of steps for creating the certificates will be covered later in this chapter:
Step 1:
Download the Certgen script from http://kb.vmware.com/kb/2107816 and upload...