SDDC Manager password remediation for NSX-T Manager / NSX-T Edge nodes fails because of Certificate subject alternative names mismatch

Products

• VMware SDDC Manager
• VMware Cloud Foundation

Issue/Introduction

• NSX-T Manager and NSX-T Edge nodes root/admin/audit account disconnected in SDDC Manager
• Password remediation from SDDC Manager fails because of mismatched subject alternative names in NSX-T Manager certificate.
• Error in /var/log/vmware/vcf/opearionsmanager.log

  ERROR [vcf_om,xxxxxxxx074a,64c7] [c.v.v.p.u.changers.NsxtEdgeChanger,om-exec-21] Exception occurred while testing NSXT Edge node credentials
  com.vmware.vapi.client.exception.SslException: Certificate for <nsxlb01.example.com> doesn't match any of the subject alternative names: [<nsx node1 ip>, <nsx node2 ip>, <nsx node3 ip>, nsx01.example.com, nsx02.example.com, nsx03.example.com, nsxlb01.example.com]

  
  
  

Environment

VMware Cloud Foundation 4.x
VMware Cloud Foundation 5.x

Cause

Mismatched subject alternative names in NSX-T Manager certificate.

Resolution

1. Replace NSXT Manager certificate with matching subject alternative names and FQDN
   • Refer Managing Certificates in VMware Cloud Foundation
2. Remediate Password for the disconnected account in SDDC Manager
   • Refer Remediate Passwords