Host Certificate Manager Install Server Certificate

Installs a given SSL certificate on the server.

The private key must have been previously generated by GenerateCertificateSigningRequest or provided by ProvisionServerPrivateKey.

Required privileges: Certificate.Manage

Request

URI

POST

https://{vcenter-host}/sdk/vim25/{release}/HostCertificateManager/{moId}/InstallServerCertificate

COPY

Path Parameters

string

moId

Required

The unique identifier for the managed object to which the method attaches; the serialized managed object reference for a request has the form moType/moId, in this case HostCertificateManager/{moId}.

string

release

Required

The vSphere release schema. The current specification covers vSphere 8.0.3.0 APIs.

Request Body

InstallServerCertificateRequestType of type(s) application/json

Required

{
    "cert": "string"
}

string

cert

Required

SSL certificate in PEM format

Authentication

This operation uses the following authentication methods.

Session

Responses

204

No Content

Operation doesn't return any data structure

500

HostConfigFault: if there's a problem with the input certificate, or the certificate and key don't match.

Returns HostConfigFault of type(s) application/json

This response body class contains all of the following: VimFault

{
    "_typeName": "string",
    "faultCause": "MethodFault Object",
    "faultMessage": [
        {
            "_typeName": "string",
            "key": "string",
            "arg": [
                {
                    "_typeName": "string",
                    "key": "string",
                    "value": {
                        "_typeName": "string"
                    }
                }
            ],
            "message": "string"
        }
    ]
}

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Description

Request

Path Parameters

Request Body

Authentication

Response

204 Response Body

Errors

Virtual Infrastructure Operations

POST

Host Certificate Manager Generate Certificate Signing Request