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Get-VcfCertificateThumbprint

Synopsis

Retrieves certificate thumbprints for ESX hosts or vCenter instances.

Syntax

Certificate Thumbprint from an ESX Host

Get-VcfCertificateThumbprint [-esxi] [-server] <String> [-user] <String> [-pass] <String> [-esxiFqdn] <String> [<CommonParameters>]

Certificate Thumbprint from a vCenter Instance

Get-VcfCertificateThumbprint [-vcenter] [-server] <String> [-user] <String> [-pass] <String> [-domain] <String> [[-issuer] <String>] [<CommonParameters>]

Description

The Get-VcfCertificateThumbprint cmdlet retrieves certificate thumbprints for ESX hosts or vCenter instances.

Examples

Example 1

Get-VcfCertificateThumbprint -esxi -server [sddc_manager_fqdn] -user [admin_username] -pass [admin_password] -esxiFqdn [esx_host_fqdn]

This example retrieves the ESX host's certificate thumbprint for an ESX host.

Example 2

Get-VcfCertificateThumbprint -vcenter -server [sddc_manager_fqdn] -user [admin_username] -pass [admin_password] -domain [workload_domain_name]

This example retrieves the certificate thumbprints for the vCenter instance belonging to the domain.

Example 3

Get-VcfCertificateThumbprint -vcenter -server [sddc_manager_fqdn] -user [admin_username] -pass [admin_password] -domain [workload_domain_name] -issuer [issuer_name]

This example retrieves the vCenter instance's certificate thumbprints for the vCenter instance belonging to domain and a matching issuer.

Parameters

-esxi

Switch to retrieve the certificate thumbprint for an ESX host.

Type: SwitchParameter
Parameter Sets: (esxi)
Aliases:

Required: True
Position: Named
Default value: False
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

-vcenter

Switch to retrieve the certificate thumbprints for a vCenter instance.

Type: SwitchParameter
Parameter Sets: (vcenter)
Aliases:

Required: True
Position: Named
Default value: False
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

-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 ESX host to retrieve the certificate thumbprint.

Type: String
Parameter Sets: (esxi)
Aliases:

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

-domain

The name of the workload domain to retrieve the vCenter instance's certificate thumbprints from.

Type: String
Parameter Sets: (vcenter)
Aliases:

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

-issuer

The name of the issuer to match with the vCenter instance's certificate thumbprints.

Type: String
Parameter Sets: (vcenter)
Aliases:

Required: False
Position: 6
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.