VIC Plugin VCH create errors with "Failed to parse client certificate PEM file!"

Products

• VMware vSphere ESXi

Issue/Introduction

Symptoms:

• When deploying a VCH with certificates, the VIC plugin wizard fails with the message "Failed to parse client certificate PEM file!"
• The certificate has carriage return line endings.

Environment

VMware vSphere Integrated Containers 1.4.x
VMware vSphere Integrated Containers 1.5.x

Resolution

Convert the line endings from Windows type line endings to Unix type line endings. There are multiple ways to do this. The following is an example using Notepad++

1. Open the certificate file in Notepad++
2. Navigate to Edit > EOL Conversion > Unix (LF)
3. Save the file
4. Repeat for the key file and any other certificates needed.