PowerPath Management Appliance: How to Upgrade TLS Version in PowerPath Management Appliance

Summary: Because of a vulnerability issue in PPMA v2.5 using TLSv1.0, upgrading TLS from TLSv1.1 to TLSv1.2 might be needed.

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Instructions

Steps to upgrade the TLS version:
1) Open the file "/etc/apache2/httpd-EMCPower.conf" as a text file.
2) Change the line "SSLProtocol TLSv1" to "SSLProtocol TLSv1.2".
3) Save the file and restart PowerPath Management Appliance VM/container.

TLS 1.2 Supported versions:
vCenter Server 6.0
vCenter Server 6.5

Web browsers Support for TLSv1.2 protocols, see the list below.
Microsoft Internet Explorer
Google Chrome
Mozilla Firefox
Opera
Apple Safari

Note:
vCenter Server 5.5 is not supported with TLSv1.2.

If you want to change the cipher suite, change the value of parameter "SSLCipherSuite" as mentioned here: https://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.4/ssl/ssl_howto.html#ciphersuites

TLS v1.1 and TLS v1.2 are both enabled in apache. That is the reason why nothing else is needed to use TLS v1.2

Affected Products

PowerPath Management Appliance

Products

PowerPath Management Appliance
Article Properties
Article Number: 000019631
Article Type: How To
Last Modified: 30 May 2024
Version:  3
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