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Self signed certs for VCenter Server on ESXi 5.1

mikkydoos

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mikkydoos

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Hi all,

 

I'm trying to access my vSphere Web Administration Console working to connect to a vSphere Server running on an ESXi 5.1 host.

 

In IE11 am getting the dreaded 'There is a problem with this website's security certificate' error.

 

I had this working last week and its stopped. The servers running fine - I can access the vSphere Server using vSphere Client but not the web console.

 

Can anyone tell me the method of getting the certificate to work?

 

I've followed a few guides and imported rui.crt and cacert.pem from 'C:\ProgramData\VMware\vSphere Web Client\ssl' (on the server) but to no avail.

 

Done this on the server running vSphere Server and on my local machine.

 

On the server I get 'Continue to this website (not recommended)' , after that a blank window.

 

On my PC I get 'There is a problem with this website’s security certificate' and no option to continue.

 

VMWare kb's say to use a cert from a trusted authority but there's no need for that as its only running on my Intranet.

 

 

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Please help :(

 

 

Thanks in advance :)

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Davit2005

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I don't think IE is the supported Web Browser for vSphere 5.1 Web Client. You'd be better off using Chrome, I even think you get a warning when opening up saying the browser isn't fully compatible.
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Davit2005

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Cheers @Davit2005

 

Chrome works. That'll do for now.

 

No problem, Given that they want to push every one to the Web Client and in newer vSphere 6 new features you can only do in the client it seems weird that they don't support IE.

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