Hello everyone,
My environment is as below
1/ Installed VMware ESXi v.7 on a standalone server, IP Address (for the purpose of demonstration) is 10.10.0.100
2/ On this ESXi server, I created a virtual machine for Windows Server 2019 serve as Active Directory and DNS Server, IP address 10.10.0.101. Primary DNS server's address is set to itself (10.10.0.101). Secondary DNS is my Pi-Hole, address 10.10.0.254. The Domain Name of this WS 2019 is testhomelab.com
3/ Created DNS forward lookup point to the ESXi Host above (e.g. 10.10.0.100) using the name "TestVCSA" --> the FQDN of this host is then "TestVCSA.testhomelab.com"
4/ I want to install vCenter Server Appliance to the Host above, but instead of using IP Address, in this case, I assign static IP address of the vCenter is 10.10.0.109
My issues:
In the "vCenter Server deployment target" --> I put "TestVCSA.testhomelab.com" --> it said "Failed to get an SSL thumbprint of the target server certificate." But if I put the IP address of the host, e.g. 10.10.0.100 --> It is OK to proceed. So, I was thinking is there some kind of firewall or group policy in the Windows Server 2019 that I need to modify in order for the VCSA installation recognize the FQDN of the Host?
Or do I need a Windows server 2019 seaparated on a different server (not the same as the ESXi host) to do this?
The log said
2021-08-23T03:43:40.648Z - debug: wizardTitle: Install - Stage 1: Deploy vCenter Server
2021-08-23T03:44:04.559Z - error: Could not get certificate fingerprint from host: TestVCSA.testhomelab.com. Error: connect ECONNREFUSED 52.128.23.153:443
And I have no idea of for whose the Ip addres 52.128.23.153 (above)
How do I re-config the Host and vCenter so they will be recognized by FQDN?
Am I missing something here?