PowerStore: Reverting Third-Party Management Certificate to Self-Signed

Summary: With PowerStore 3.0, the ability to revert third-party certificates to self-signed was built into PSTCLI. This KB covers that process.

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Instructions

Note: For clusters with a remote system object, run a Verify and Update process before starting. If the Verify and Update fails, resolve that before proceeding with the certificate replacement.

Open a PSTCLI connection to PowerStore. Do this from the service shell on the appliance or from a workstation with the PSTCLI plug-in installed and connected to the management network. Use the following command: 
pstcli -d <cluster management IP> -session

After entering an administrator credential the command changes your prompt to: 
cli>

Run the following command to check the current certificates: 
cli> x509_certificate show
The command output returns the list of current certificates on the appliance: 
cli> x509_certificate show
 #  |                  id                  |         type         |     service      | is_current | is_valid
----+--------------------------------------+----------------------+------------------+------------+----------
  1 | af54dc96-a699-477a-b964-ffb4d84e867f | Server               | Management_HTTP  | no         | no      
  2 | 3126a72e-c5c6-49fd-8588-83c7fc54286c | Server               | Management_HTTP  | yes        | yes     
  3 | 206c6ac1-9894-44e7-8ce7-a79e40a01530 | Server               | Management_HTTP  | yes        | yes     
  4 | 4e8d100e-e0b6-41f6-8b12-b363ae79c748 | CA_Client_Validation | Replication_HTTP | yes        | yes     
  5 | e1451f9f-dad9-41be-8871-22eb8eda98b2 | CA_Server_Validation | Replication_HTTP | yes        | yes     
  6 | c968584b-1cba-486e-bdd4-b243585081bd | Server               | VASA_HTTP        | yes        | yes     
  7 | 6fc8118c-7d82-4ab2-8868-943cc83afc77 | CA_Server_Validation | Replication_HTTP | yes        | yes     
  8 | 00cb3262-c631-4f7b-9a76-13e4e29d09d2 | CA_Client_Validation | Replication_HTTP | yes        | yes     
  9 | 21999f77-cd1d-46d3-8b07-10d0431abf7c | CA_Server_Validation | Import_HTTP      | yes        | yes     
 10 | e19110de-f58c-4558-b51a-78feca86f166 | Client               | Replication_HTTP | yes        | yes
Next, run the following command to replace the management certificate: 
cli> x509_certificate reset_certificates -service Management_HTTP -scope External

This reverts your certificate from the third-party certificate to a self-signed. Running the show command again shows different certificate IDs for the management_HTTP certificates that were current and valid: 
cli> x509_certificate show
 #  |                  id                  |         type         |     service      | is_current | is_valid
----+--------------------------------------+----------------------+------------------+------------+----------
  1 | af54dc96-a699-477a-b964-ffb4d84e867f | Server               | Management_HTTP  | no         | no      
  2 | 48929a4d-c8eb-41ab-b0f6-e39157742e05 | Server               | Management_HTTP  | yes        | yes     
  3 | fa474287-9035-404d-a007-fa971e62ce43 | Server               | Management_HTTP  | yes        | yes      
  4 | 4e8d100e-e0b6-41f6-8b12-b363ae79c748 | CA_Client_Validation | Replication_HTTP | yes        | yes     
  5 | e1451f9f-dad9-41be-8871-22eb8eda98b2 | CA_Server_Validation | Replication_HTTP | yes        | yes     
  6 | c968584b-1cba-486e-bdd4-b243585081bd | Server               | VASA_HTTP        | yes        | yes     
  7 | 6fc8118c-7d82-4ab2-8868-943cc83afc77 | CA_Server_Validation | Replication_HTTP | yes        | yes     
  8 | 00cb3262-c631-4f7b-9a76-13e4e29d09d2 | CA_Client_Validation | Replication_HTTP | yes        | yes     
  9 | 21999f77-cd1d-46d3-8b07-10d0431abf7c | CA_Server_Validation | Import_HTTP      | yes        | yes     
 10 | e19110de-f58c-4558-b51a-78feca86f166 | Client               | Replication_HTTP | yes        | yes
Contact Dell Technical support with any questions or issues using this process.

Affected Products

PowerStore 1000T, PowerStore 1200T, PowerStore 3000T, PowerStore 3200T, PowerStore 5000T, PowerStore 500T, PowerStore 5200T, PowerStore 7000T, PowerStore 9000T
Article Properties
Article Number: 000223823
Article Type: How To
Last Modified: 02 Jul 2025
Version:  3
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