Post PSC cleanup, SDDC Manager precheck failed with error "Certificate validation is not enabled"

Products

• VMware Cloud Foundation

Issue/Introduction

Symptoms:

In SDDC Manager, the SDDC Security Configuration 'VMware Cloud Foundation certificate validation check' upgrade precheck fails with error:
"Certificate validation is not enabled"

Cause

The certificate validation value was manually set to false with a manual intervention.

Resolution

To resolve this, update the certificate validation value to true using the API from SDDC Manager:

curl -X POST -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d '{"fipsMode":false,"certificateValidationEnabled":true}' http://localhost/appliancemanager/securitySettings

Additional Information

Impact/Risks:
Post migration and PSC cleanup, the precheck is not passing.