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Confi guring an IP Address on the vCenter Server Virtual Appliance
The following steps outline how to set a static IP address on the vCenter virtual appliance
after it's been booted but no IP address has been allocated. These steps are only necessary
to get the virtual appliance on the network. Once complete, all further coni guration is per-
formed in the web browser.
1.
After the vCenter Server virtual appliance has booted, open the console, select Login, and
press Enter.
2.
At the login screen, enter the default username and password for the vCenter Server vir-
tual appliance distributed by VMware; the default passwords are root and vmware.
3.
Once logged in, type
/opt/vmware/share/vami/vami_config_net
and press Enter. A
prompt-driven network coni guration script will start running.
4.
Use the menu (
6
) to enter an IP address.
5.
Use the menu (
2
) to enter the default gateway.
6.
Use the menu (
4
) to enter IP addresses for a primary and secondary DNS servers.
7.
Use the menu (
3
) to supply the fully qualii ed domain name for the virtual appliance.
8.
Use the menu (
0
) to review the network coni guration, and press (1) to exit if it is correct.
9.
Ty p e
exit
and press Enter at the command prompt.
Failed to Connect to Lookup Server - SSL Certificate Errors
On a number of occasions we have installed the vCenter Server virtual appliance and then pro-
ceeded to change the IP address after installation. A common problem crops up after changing
the IP address. Upon logging into the Web Client, an error is displayed: “Failed to connect
to VMware Lookup Service
https://vcsa.lab.local:7444/lookupservice/sdk -
SSL
certificate verification failed.”
h is error occurs because the self-signed SSL certifi cates that are generated on the fi rst boot of the
vCenter Server virtual appliance are linked to the current IP address. Unless you have replaced the
SSL certifi cates with externally signed certifi cates, the painless fi x is to instruct the vCenter Server
virtual appliance to regenerate its certifi cates upon next boot.
2.
Click the Admin tab.
3.
h ere is an option to “Toggle Certifi cate Regeneration”; click Enable.
4.
Now reboot the vCenter virtual appliance.
5.
Log back into the admin interface and click Disable to disable the Certifi cate Regeneration option.
6.
Reboot the vCenter virtual appliance once more.
