Confirm-EsxiCertificateInstalled¶

Synopsis¶

Verifies if the provided certificate is already on the ESXi host.

Syntax¶

Confirm-EsxiCertificateInstalled [-server] <String> [-user] <String> [-pass] <String> [-esxiFqdn] <String> [-signedCertificate] <String> [<CommonParameters>]

Description¶

The Confirm-EsxiCertificateInstalled cmdlet will get the thumbprint from the provided signed certificate and matches it with the certificate thumbprint from ESXi host.

You need to pass in the complete path for the certificate file.

Returns true if certificate is already installed, else returns false.

Examples¶

Example 1¶

Confirm-EsxiCertificateInstalled -server sfo-vcf01.sfo.rainpole.io -user administrator@vsphere.local -pass VMw@re1! -esxiFqdn sfo01-w01-esx01.sfo.rainpole.io -signedCertificate F:\certificates\sfo01-w01-esx01.sfo.rainpole.io.cer

This example checks the thumbprint of the provided signed certificate with the thumbprint on ESXi host.

Parameters¶

-server¶

The fully qualified domain name of the SDDC Manager instance.

Type: String
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases:

Required: True
Position: 1
Default value: None
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

-user¶

The username to authenticate to the SDDC Manager instance.

Type: String
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases:

Required: True
Position: 2
Default value: None
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

-pass¶

The password to authenticate to the SDDC Manager instance.

Type: String
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases:

Required: True
Position: 3
Default value: None
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

-esxiFqdn¶

The fully qualified domain name of the ESXi host to verify the certificate thumbprint against.

Type: String
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases:

Required: True
Position: 4
Default value: None
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

-signedCertificate¶

The complete path for the signed certificate file.

Type: String
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases:

Required: True
Position: 5
Default value: None
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

Common Parameters¶

This cmdlet supports the common parameters: -Debug, -ErrorAction, -ErrorVariable, -InformationAction, -InformationVariable, -OutVariable, -OutBuffer, -PipelineVariable, -Verbose, -WarningAction, and -WarningVariable. For more information, see about_CommonParameters.