Unable to create CA error "message": "The server certificate of MSCA contains empty subject",

Products

• VMware SDDC Manager

Issue/Introduction

Unable to create CA.

Description: * 

errorCode": "CERTIFICATE_CA_CREATION_FAILED",
"message": "Unable to create CA.",
"referenceToken": "QUAR7F",

[ErrorCause {
"message": "The server certificate of MSCA contains empty subject",
"type": "com.vmware.vcf.certmgmt.common.exception.CertificateManagementException",},

Environment

VMware Cloud Foundation 5.x

Cause

MCSA URL.

> The server certificate of MSCA contains empty subject--name of the machine

When we run the below command, the subject field is empty in the certificate. Its MCSA that has problem.

openssl s_client -connect <MCSAFQDN>:443 -showcerts

Server certificate

subject=

issuer=XX, DC = XX, CN = XXXXX CA

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Resolution

Need to recreate your own certificate for the Microsoft server machine you are running.

Ensure that one is providing a proper subject when running the command against it- openssl s_client -connect <MCSAFQDN>:443 -showcerts