"Your certificate is going to expire soon" banner in Aria Operations

Products

• VCF Operations/Automation (formerly VMware Aria Suite)

Issue/Introduction

Upon logging in to the Aria Operations UI, you see a yellow banner at the top of the page that says:

"Your certificate is going to expire soon. Please check the expiry date to take an action"

Environment

VMware Aria Operations 8.x

Cause

There are certificates in the Aria Operations trust store that are expiring soon.

Resolution

1. Navigate to Administration > Control Panel > Trusted Certificates
2. Click the Vertical 3 dot button next to the certificate that is about to expire and select Delete
3. If presented with a Confirmation dialog "There are objects that trust this certificate," note the listed adapters and click Yes
4. For all adapters noted in step 3, validate connection to re-new the certificate using below steps:

For Aria Operations version 8.17.x and below, please follow the below steps:

• • On the left pane, click Data Sources -> Integrations
  • Select the particular adapter and select Edit.
  • Click the vertical 3 dot button next to the adapter and click Edit
  • Click Validate Connection
  • If presented a Review and Accept Certificate dialog, verify the correct certificate is received and click Accept
  • Verify that "Test connection successful" is received
  • Click Save

For Aria Operations version 8.18.x and above, please follow the below steps:

• • Navigate to Administration > Integrations and locate the adapter
  • Click the vertical 3 dot button next to the adapter and click Edit
  • Click Validate Connection
  • If presented a Review and Accept Certificate dialog, verify the correct certificate is received and click Accept
  • Verify that "Test connection successful" is received
  • Click Save

 

Additional Information

Removing an Adapter Certificate