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Installing a custom signed certificate for SSL remote console connections

This article provides steps for creating a custom-made certificate and installing the certificate in VMware Server 2.x for Windows.

To create a custom-made certificate and install the certificate:

Download and install openssl for Windows and install it to: c:\openssl .
Open a command prompt. For more information, see Opening a command or shell prompt (1003892) .
Run the cd c:\openssl\bin command and press Enter.
Create the server's private key (.KEY ) file.

openssl genrsa 1024 > rui.key
Create the certificate signing request (.CSR ) file.

openssl req -new -key rui.key > rui.csr -config openssl.cnf

Note: When prompted for the common name value, type in the hostname of the server.
Upload the rui.csr to the Certifying Authority (CA). Use the output to create the certificate file (.CRT ) using a text editor. Save the file to c:\openssl\bin\rui.crt .
Copy the two certificates files (rui.crt and rui.key ) to the following application folders on the VMware Server. Rename the existing files before overwriting them in case the certificates need to be reverted.

%PROGRAMFILES%\VMware\VMware Server\SSL
%ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Application Data\VMware\VMware Server\SSL
Restart the VMware Host Agent and VMware Server Web Access services.

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