Prestage root and intermediate certificates in vCenter

Products

• VMware vCenter Server
• VMware Cloud Foundation

Issue/Introduction

• Preparing to migrate to a new Certificate Authority (CA)
• Prestaging root and intermediate CA certificates is required prior to CA cutover to prevent SSL/TLS handshake failures, broken API integrations, or endpoint rejections.

Environment

vCenter: 9.1

VCF: 9.1

Resolution

See Update the vCenter TRUSTED_ROOTS Store (Custom Certificates)