We want to replace the certificate on our VCSA version 6.7 with a wildcard cert we purchased from GoDaddy last year. The only cert we want to replace is the one that generates the annoying browser warning. Can we use a wildcard cert? I found a few articles on how to replace this cert but they never mention if a wildcard cert is OK
https://haveyoutriedreinstalling.com/2017/07/17/vsphere-6-x-certificates-just-because-you-can-doesnt-mean-you-should/
https://thecloudxpert.net/2017/03/howto-replace-a-vmca-certificate-via-the-gui-in-vsphere-6-5-with-psc-vcsa/
How to Install a TLS Certificate on vCenter Server Appliance (VCSA) 6.7 · Pivotal Engineering Journal
No, wildcard certs are not supported with vSphere.
Well, back to GoDaddy I go for another cert so we can get rid of the annoying web browser message
We are using a GoDaddy wildcard certificate with our VCSA 6.7.
There may be some services that do not support wildcard certs, but the web server works fine with it.
So you replaced the cert on the VCSA with a wildcard cert purchased from GoDaddy and the annoying web browser message when you first hit the web interface of the VCSA is gone?
Correct.
Logging in to Certificate Management via the HTML5 client shows the following using the GoDaddy wildcard cert:
__MACHINE_CERT
machine
vsphere-webclient
Hi,
Did you get the wildcard certificates working? I'm trying here but no success. Can you share the steps that you did?
Wildcard certificates are not officially supported in vSphere. If this is for a business/production environment, you should not use them.
This is not production, is a LAB setup. I have this wildcard certificate, so If possible I would like to use.