Good morning,
Here is my issue: after replace default ssl cert on both vCenter and ESXi (5.5), adding ESXi host into vCenter pops up security alert.'Unable to verify the authenticity of the specified host.....' with 2 options 'Yes' and 'No'. I just click 'No' and got Error - 'The SSL Certificate of the remote host could not be validated'.
Details :
I used CA Windows Server 2012 standalone to issue ssl cert for both vCenter and ESX
I followed VMware KB 2057223 for implement ssl cert on vCenter.
For implement cert ssl ESXi, I followed VMware KB 2015499
From my windows desktop box, I imported RootCA from CA Server 2012, and can directly connect vCenter or ESXi through vSphere client without any security alert.
So my expectation is when adding ESXi into vCenter, it should not have security alert because both vCenter and ESXi got ssl cert from same CA Windows Server.
Thanks in advance for any help.
Message was edited by: hkevin I also tried to reformat cert for vCenter properly communicate with ESXi and not resolve the issue. https://communities.vmware.com/thread/185460