How to Resolve VMware vCenter Certificate Expired Issue Using vSphere Certificate Manager

Renewing vCenter Certificates Using VMware Certificate Manager - vCenter error- no healthy upstream.

In today’s video, I’ll guide you through the process of renewing vCenter certificates using VMware Certificate Manager. If you’re facing issues accessing your vCenter server or seeing errors like “No healthy upstream,” there’s a good chance your vCenter certificate has expired, causing critical services to stop.

This tutorial will walk you through each step, from identifying expired certificates to resetting them and regaining access to your vCenter environment.

🔍 What You’ll Learn:
* How to identify expired vCenter certificates.
* How to access the vCenter Server Appliance via SSH to check vCenter certificate expiration details.
* Step-by-step guide to using the vSphere Certificate Manager to renew vCenter SSL certificates.
* Replacing all certificates and reconfiguring necessary details for a smooth vCenter certificate renewal.
* Verifying successful access to vCenter after completing the VMware vCenter SSL certificate renewal process.

⚙️ Course Content:
* Troubleshooting vCenter access errors related to certificate expiration.
* Command-line steps for verifying certificate expiration on the vCenter appliance.
* How to use vSphere Certificate Manager to replace SSL certificates and resolve the vCenter certificate expired issue.
* Inputting vCenter details like IP address and hostname to complete the reset.
* Final verification of a successful renewal by accessing the vCenter console.

📚 Who Should Watch:
* VMware admins and engineers working with vSphere and vCenter Server.
* IT professionals managing VMware environments who need to troubleshoot and fix vCenter certificate expired issues.
* Anyone looking for a hands-on tutorial on using the vSphere Certificate Manager for vCenter SSL certificate renewal.

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📚 Related Playlists:
* VMware vSphere Troubleshooting
* VMware vCenter Management and Maintenance
* VMware Certificate Manager Tutorials

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Got questions about vCenter certificate renewal, or how to use vSphere Certificate Manager to replace SSL certificates? Drop them in the comments, and we’ll be happy to assist!

[isaacmyrrh]

Man you have rescued me thank you so much

[_JC_Denton_]

Man! You have no idea how you saved my a$$ ! I spent my whole day searching the entire web why my vpxd services wouldn't start only to realize i didn't input the correct hostname and VMCA name, thanks to you i fixed that!

[utvbv]

You're a lifesaver. Thanks Bro!!😍

[guillermogomezdrummer]

its work 100% recomended, thanks so much !

[freeq]

I have error 403 in address vcenter: 5480 what could be the cause

[gustavojavierjejer]

Thanks for the material you share!

I thought my problem was related to certificates but based on these tests it is not.

When I want to upgrade my Vcenter from 8.0.2.x to 8.0.3.x I get the following error when running the pre-check: Unable to upgrade as VECS force refresh has failed.

[Eljidiop]

Hi everyone, I tried that solution but it doesn't work for me. I always face an error at 85% : Erro while starting services.
It returns Status 0% Reset Operation failed.
Any one is facing the same issue?
Thanks

[Henriquefs]

In this case, the error is showing

Service-control failed. Error: Failed to start services in profile ALL. RC=1, stderr=Failed to start vapi-endpoint, vpxd-svcs services. Error: Operation timed out


Services are not starting even when executing commands service-control --stop --all && service-control --start --all

I don't know what else to do, please help

[n-n]

Why the video is not clear now? Like garble. Anything wrong?

[andreiyurevich]

It would be good to include the commands as it was promoted in the video:
for store in store list | grep -v TRUSTED_ROOT_CRLS); do echo "[*] Store :" $store; entry list --store $store --text | grep -ie "Alias" -ie "Not After"; done;




Option 4 (Regenerate a new VMCA root certificate and replace all certificates) instead of Reset all Certificates (8) could be also fine