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Dell EMC VxRail: How to update PTAgent certificates with ESXi host certificates

Summary: Dell EMC VxRail: How to update PTAgent certificates with ESXi host certificates.

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Instructions


ESXi SSL certificate and key:
/etc/vmware/ssl/rui.crt
/etc/vmware/ssl/rui.key

Steps:
1. SSH to the ESXi node with 'root' account.
2. Stop the DellPTAgent service with the following command:
/etc/init.d/DellPTAgent stop

3. Update the PTAgent certificate parameter with the following values in the PTAgent.config:
"certificate_store_path": {
        "description": "List of SSL certificates file path",
        "value": "/opt/dell/DellPTAgent/secure/rui.crt,/opt/dell/DellPTAgent/secure/rui.key,/opt/dell/DellPTAgent/secure/pta_dhparm.pem
        "defaultValue": "/opt/dell/DellPTAgent/secure/pta_server.crt,/opt/dell/DellPTAgent/secure/pta_server.key,/opt/dell/DellPTAgent/secure/pta_dhparm.pem
    },
 
4. Start the DellPTAgent service with the following command:
/etc/init.d/DellPTAgent start
 
5. Check the PTAgent running status with the following command:
/etc/init.d/DellPTAgent status
esxcli network ip connection list | grep LISTEN | grep Dell

DellPTAgent is running
tcp         0       0  {ESXi_host_ipv4_address}/{ESXi_host_ipv6_address}:8086                0.0.0.0:0            LISTEN        3992948  newreno  DellPTAgent

6. Verify the PTAgent certificate with the following command:
openssl s_client -connect {ESXi_host_ipv4_address}/{ESXi_host_ipv6_address}:8086

Note: The PTAgent certificates should have updated with ESXi host SSL certificate successfully.
If there are any issues or the certthroughificate is not updated, contact the Dell Technologies Support Center or your service representative for technical support and quote this article ID.
 
 7. Repeat the step 1 ~ step 6 for other nodes in the same VxRail cluster.

Products

VxRail Appliance Family, VxRail Appliance Series, VxRail Software
Article Properties
Article Number: 000157784
Article Type: How To
Last Modified: 28 Jul 2023
Version:  6
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