VECO: Edge Certificate Manual Renew "Issued On" date is 24 hours behind from actual Manual Renew date

Products

• VMware Edge Cloud Orchestrator

Issue/Introduction

When you manually renew an edge certificate, you will observe the "Issued On" date is 24 hours away from actual Renew date.

 

For example, in the illustrations below for a lab edge, this edge had a manual certificate renew done on Oct 17, 2024, 9:23:29 PM UTC, but the VECO UI will display the certificate as renewed 24 hours behind from the actual renewal date. As per below "Issued on" date is displayed as Oct 16, 2024, 9:23:23 PM UTC although events display certificate was set on Oct 17, 2024, 9:23:29 PM UTC.

 

 

Resolution

This is per design and is expected. The reported datetime difference is by design to prevent timing errors system-wide. The date displayed on UI states the certificate becomes valid from that moment onward. Having set it a day behind in case there are any potential time discrepancies among devices, so it prevents any issues with the cert renewal process.