Aria Automation deployments fail with SecurityException Cannot execute request

Products

• VMware Aria Suite

Issue/Introduction

• When deploying a Virtual Machine that utilizes NSX for security group properties or NSX related network objects, the deployment fails and displays the following error message 

• The following error message is found within the log below:

  /services-logs/prelude/provisioning-service-app/file-logs/provisioning-service-app.log:
  
  PKIX path building failed: sun.security.provider.certpath.SunCertPathBuilderException: unable to find valid certification path to requested target

 

Environment

• Aria Automation 8.x

Cause

The endpoint within Aria Automation 8.x has a certificate that is not accepted.

Resolution

Re-trust the certificate by re-validating the NSX Cloud Account and the associated endpoints.