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Request-VCFSignedCertificate

Synopsis

Requests SDDC Manager to connect to certificate authority to sign the certificate signing request files and to store the signed certificates.

Syntax

Request-VCFSignedCertificate [-server] <String> [-user] <String> [-pass] <String> [-workloadDomain] <String> [-certAuthority] <String>[<CommonParameters>]

Description

The Request-VCFSignedCertificate will request SDDC Manager to connect to the certificate authority to sign the generated certificate signing request files for all components associated with the given workload domain

Examples

Example 1

Request-VCFSignedCertificate -server sfo-vcf01.sfo.rainpole.io -user administrator@vsphere.local -pass VMw@re1! -workloadDomain sfo-w01 -certAuthority Microsoft

This example will connect to SDDC Manager to request to have the certificate signing request files for a given workload domain to be signed by Microsft CA

Example 2

Request-VCFSignedCertificate -server sfo-vcf01.sfo.rainpole.io -user administrator@vsphere.local -pass VMw@re1! -workloadDomain sfo-w01 -certAuthority OpenSSL

This example will connect to SDDC Manager to request to have the certificate signing request files for a given workload domain to be signed by OpenSSL CA

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

-workloadDomain

The name of the workload domain in which the certificate is requested to be signed.

Type: String
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases:

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

-certAuthority

The type of Certificate Authority to be configured. One of: Microsoft, OpenSSL.

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.