certificate-manager fails immediately after "Please configure certool.cfg with proper values before proceeding to next step." after updating to vCenter 7.0U3f or later.

Products

• VMware vCenter Server

Issue/Introduction

Symptoms:
Certificate-manager fails immediately after "Please configure certool.cfg with proper values before proceeding to next step." message.


* The output varies slightly depending on the option.

Following file is missing:
# ls /usr/lib/vmware-vmca/share/config/certool.cfg
ls: cannot access '/usr/lib/vmware-vmca/share/config/certool.cfg': No such file or directory

Environment

VMware vCenter Server 7.0.x

Cause

After patching vCenter Server to U3f or later, the following file become missing.

/usr/lib/vmware-vmca/share/config/certool.cfg

Resolution

Create symbolic link manually to resolve this issue.
ln -s /var/lib/vmware/vmca_config/certool.cfg /usr/lib/vmware-vmca/share/config/certool.cfg