
Application Discovery Manager Administration Guide
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6Placeyourcursorattheendofthelineandappendthelinebytyping:
single
7PressEntertocommitthechange.
8Pressbtostartthesystem.
Yoursystemstartswithoutrequiringapassword.
9Typethefollowingcommandtoresetthepassword:
passwd
10 Followthepromptsastheyappearonthescreentosetthepassword.
11 Typethefollowingcommandtorestartthesystem:
reboot
Yourpasswordischangedandrestartsthesystem.
OpenSSL Self-Signed Test Certificates
TheVMwarevCenterApplicationDiscoveryManagerdefaultinstalledcertificateiscreatedduringthe
installationandisvalidforoneyeartousetheapplianceuntilyouacquirealocalCertificateAuthority(CA).
Public‐facingsecureWebsitesmustuseathird‐partyCA.Ifyouwanttousetheapplianceintestenvironment
andthendeploythatappliancetoaproductionenvironment,youmustnotchangethehostnameastheADM
doesnotsupportchangingthehostname.Instead,youcansetupanaliasintheDNStoresolvetheappliance
hostname.
CA Signed Test Certificates
TocreateCAsignedcertificates,youmustgenerateacertificaterequestfile(csr).Thecertificaterequestfile
providesdetailsabouttherequesterofthecertificateandthecertificateissignedbytheprivatekeyaboveto
yourtrustedcertificateauthority.
Createthecertificaterequestbytyping:
openssl req -new -key server.key -out server.csr
FillintheX.509attributesasspecifiedpreviously.FormoredetailsconsultyourCA.
ToinstallthecertificateprovidedbyyourCA,performthestepsdescribedin“Copyingthe.keyand.crtFiles”
onpage 31.
FreeCAproviders,ashttp://www.cacert.orgexist.
Self-Signed Certificates
Useself‐signedcertificatesonlyinthetestenvironments,orwhereonlyalimitednumberofconnectionsis
established.Forexample,peer‐to‐peerrelationshipscanbeacustomVPNorAS2linkbetweentwocompanies,
orbetweentwodifferentsitesofthesamecompany.Self‐signedcertificatesbecomeimpracticalas
thenumber
ofcertificatesnecessarytomanagegrowslinearlywiththenumberofpeeringrelationships.AlocalCA,while
morecomplextosetup,reducesthenumberofkeysrequiredtobedistributedforverification,andreplicates
areal‐worldcertificateenvironment.ACAcancostlesstomanagethanhundreds
orthousandsofindividual
certificatesoneachpeersystem.
Certificatecreationrequirestheopensslutility.TheopensslutilityislocatedintheADMappliancefolder.
/usr/bin/openssl
NOTEYoucanalsoresettheADMrootpasswordbyrunningsystem_setupcommand.
NOTEDonotusetheself‐signedcertificatesinproductionenvironments.
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