Get-VIMachineCertificate

This cmdlet retrieves information about the machine SSL certificates of the vCenter Server instance and the ESXi hosts.Machine SSL certificates secure communication with HTTP clients, APIs and other services that are using port 443.

Syntax

[-ProgressAction < ActionPreference > ]

[-Server < VIServer > ]

[CommonParameters]

Parameters

Required	Parameter Name	Type	Position	Features	Description
optional	ProgressAction	ActionPreference	named
optional	Server	VIServer	named		Specifies the vCenter Server systems on which you want to run the cmdlet. If no value is provided or $null value is passed to this parameter, the command runs on the default server. For more information about default servers, see the description of the Connect-VIServer cmdlet.

Required	Parameter Name	Type	Position	Description
required	EsxOnly	SwitchParameter	named	Specifies that the result must include the machine SSL certificates of the ESXi hosts only.
optional	ProgressAction	ActionPreference	named
optional	Server	VIServer	named	Specifies the vCenter Server systems on which you want to run the cmdlet. If no value is provided or $null value is passed to this parameter, the command runs on the default server. For more information about default servers, see the description of the Connect-VIServer cmdlet.

Required	Parameter Name	Type	Position	Features	Description
required	VMHost	VMHost[]	named	pipeline	Specifies one or more ESXi hosts for whose machine SSL certificates the command must return a result.
optional	ProgressAction	ActionPreference	named
optional	Server	VIServer	named		Specifies the vCenter Server systems on which you want to run the cmdlet. If no value is provided or $null value is passed to this parameter, the command runs on the default server. For more information about default servers, see the description of the Connect-VIServer cmdlet.

Required	Parameter Name	Type	Position	Description
required	VCenterOnly	SwitchParameter	named	Specifies that the result must include the machine SSL certificate of the vCenter Server instance only.
optional	ProgressAction	ActionPreference	named
optional	Server	VIServer	named	Specifies the vCenter Server systems on which you want to run the cmdlet. If no value is provided or $null value is passed to this parameter, the command runs on the default server. For more information about default servers, see the description of the Connect-VIServer cmdlet.

Output

ViMachineCertificateInfo

Examples

Example 1

Get-VIMachineCertificate

Retrieve the machine certificate of the vCenter Server system and its ESXi hosts.

Example 2

Get-VIMachineCertificate -VCenterOnly

Retrieve the machine certificate of the vCenter Server system.

Example 3

Get-VIMachineCertificate -EsxOnly

Retrieve the machine certificate of all the ESXi hosts of the vCenter Server system.

Example 4

Get-VIMachineCertificate -VMHost 'MyHost'

Retrieve the machine certificate of the 'MyHost' ESXi host.

Related Commands

VIMachineCertificate

Get-VIMachineCertificate

This cmdlet retrieves information about the machine SSL certificates in a vCenter Server environment.

Set-VIMachineCertificate

This cmdlet sets a machine SSL certificate to a vCenter Server instance or a connected ESXi host.

VIMachineCertificateSigningRequest

New-VIMachineCertificateSigningRequest

This cmdlet generates a new Certificate Signing Request (CSR) for a vCenter Server system or an ESXi host.