Alert "A certificate is about to expire" seen for adapter in Aria Operations

Products

• VCF Operations/Automation (formerly VMware Aria Suite)

Issue/Introduction

Aria Operations is displaying alerts indicating that certificates are about to expire, even if some certificates have been renewed and imported in Aria Operations

Environment

Aria Operations 8.x

Cause

The alerts are triggered because Aria Operations truststore contains either unrenewed certificates or older certificates (even if the corresponding endpoint has a new, valid certificate in Aria Operations)

Aria Operations flags certificates based on their stored expiry dates.

Resolution

1. Verify that the certificate on the endpoint is not expired before proceeding. Renew certificate on endpoint if required, by following vendor documentation for replacing certificate on endpoint
2. Follow procedure in KB article How to renew an adapter certificate or clear the Expired Certificates banner in Aria Operations to import new certificate from endpoint, ensuring that you import new certificate from endpoint before deleting expired certificate

Additional Information

Review article Certificate overview for VMware Aria Operations section 'Adapter and authentication sources' for more information on endpoint certificates and potential caveats.