Error viewing certificates in vCenter states Error occurred while fetching machine certificates: Exception found (No cert found in store:MACHINE_SSL_CERT)
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Error viewing certificates in vCenter states Error occurred while fetching machine certificates: Exception found (No cert found in store:MACHINE_SSL_CERT)

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Article ID: 415635

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Products

VMware vCenter Server

Issue/Introduction

When attempting to view the Machine SSL certificate with a certificate signed by an external Certificate Authority (CA) the vSphere Client shows an error page.

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Error occurred while fetching machine certificates: Exception found (No cert found in store:MACHINE_SSL_CERT)

Environment

vCenter 8.0

Cause

This is because there is no certificate in the machine_ssl_cert store.

Validated by running a vCert certificate status check

*vCert - Scripted vCenter Expired Certificate Replacement

Resolution

Replaced certifcate with a VMCA signed certificate via vCert option 3 and then option 1

*vCert - Scripted vCenter Expired Certificate Replacement

Additional Information