Hi everyone,
I am deploying VCF and having issues at " validate " stage as shown below.
I have regenerated certs and restarted the hosts but cannot get past this stage.
Cloud builder VM can ssh into ESXI hosts with no issue. I checked it by doing ssh into esxi hosts from Cloud builder VM.
What am I missing?
Thanks!!
Platform info:
VMware Cloud Foundation 5.0.0.0-21822418
ESXI info:
1.36.0
18403931
7.0.3
19482537
what command are u using to generate the ssh key
Are you using uppercase hostnames?
Are the DNS records also in uppercase? Because SDDC Manager/CB have a real issue with upper case. Everything should be in lowercase, both dns and the hostname configuration.
In addition, check the following logs and if you can share it as well: /var/log/vmware/vcf/bringup/vcf-bringup-debug.log
I believe the hints showing up in log file - /var/log/vmware/vcf/bringup/vcf-bringup-debug.log should show leads on what's going wrong. You might want to review it.
Hi Zeebahi,
After you have configured the hostnames of your ESXi hosts, you must regenerate the self-signed certificates on each host to ensure the correct common name is present in the certificates.
During the installation of an ESXi host, the installer generates a self-signed certificate that contains localhost.localdomain as the common name. After you configure the hostname of a host, a mismatch between the hostname and the common name in the certificate occurs. VMware Cloud Builder communicates with ESXi hosts securely over HTTPS and validates the identity of a host by comparing the common name of the certificate with the FQDN provided in the VMware Cloud Builder configuration file.
See Regenerate the Self-Signed Certificate on All Hosts
Other Check:
If you are in Nested Enviroment (for example William Lam VCF Lab) re-check all the parameters, for example the "VM Password" variable ($VMPassword) and retry.
HTH
Michele V.
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