This site can't be reached due to SSL certificate expired

Products

• VCF Operations/Automation (formerly VMware Aria Suite)

Issue/Introduction

1. You try to access Aria Operations for Logs UI through the nodes' or VIP's FQDN, IP addresses, but can't access the site with an error "This site can't be reached".

2. In /storage/core/loginsight/var/runtime.log, you observe the ERROR log traces with the message "SSLHandshakeException: Received fatal alert: certificate_expired".

3. By executing the following command, you observe that the SSL cert has expired:

echo "" | keytool -list -keystore /usr/lib/loginsight/application/etc/3rd_config/keystore -rfc 2> /dev/null | openssl x509 -noout -enddate 

Environment

Aria Operations for Logs 8.x

Cause

The SSL certificate has expired.

Resolution

Follow KB: Install a custom certificate in VMware Aria Operations for Logs 8.12 and Later to install a valid custom or self-signed cert.

 

 

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