- Notes, cautions, and warnings
- Additional Resources
- Introduction
- Overview of the PowerStore Virtualization Infrastructure
- Virtualization configuration in PowerStore appliances
- Managing virtualization components
- Configure a vCenter server connection and register the VASA provider
- VASA certificate
- Using an external ESXi host with a PowerStore cluster
- Additional VMware software and configuration
- Replicating datastores
- Best practices and limitations
Dell PowerStore Virtualization Infrastructure Guide
Import a third party Certificate Authority signed server certificate for VASA Provider
Prerequisites
Before importing a third party Certificate Authority (CA) signed server certificate, ensure the following:
- A Certificate Signing Request (CSR) file was generated, downloaded and sent to the third party CA server for signing.
- The CA has signed the certificate so that it can be imported as a Mutual Authentication Certificate.
- Your vCenter trusts the CA of the certificate being imported, otherwise VASA functionality will be unavailable.
- You know the location of the certificate file or have the certificate text available to copy and paste for import.
About this task
To import a certificate using the PowerStore Manager, do the following:
Steps
-
Click
Settings and, under
Security, select
VASA Certificate.
The VASA Certificate page appears.
- To prevent the VASA server certificate from being overwritten by the vCenter, ensure the Enable/Disable toggle is set to Enabled.
-
Select
Import.
The Import Server Certificate slide out appears.
-
Do one of the following:
- Select Select Certificate File, then locate and select the file to import.
- Select Paste Certificate Text, then copy and paste the certificate text in the text box.
-
Select
Import.
The certificate detail information should appear in the VASA Certificate page. Also, the VASA entry appearing on the Certificate page () should be identified by the Service as VASA_HTTP and Scope as vasa.
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