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New-KmipClientCertificate

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NAME New-KmipClientCertificate



SYNOPSIS

This cmdlet creates a new self-signed certificate or certificate-signing request for the key management server

cluster.





SYNTAX

New-KmipClientCertificate [-KmsCluster] <KmsCluster> [-CertificateSigningRequest] [-FilePath <String>] [-Server

<VIServer[]>] [-Confirm] [-WhatIf] [<CommonParameters>]





DESCRIPTION

This cmdlet creates a new self-signed certificate or certificate-signing request for the key management server

cluster.





PARAMETERS

-CertificateSigningRequest [<SwitchParameter>]

Indicates whether a certificate-signing request should be retrieved. This certificate-signing request should

be signed by the key management server and uploaded to the vCenter Server system.



Required? false

Position? named

Default value False

Accept pipeline input? False

Accept wildcard characters? false



-FilePath <String>

Specifies the file path to which you want to export the self-signed certificate or certificate-signing request.



Required? false

Position? named

Default value None

Accept pipeline input? False

Accept wildcard characters? false



-KmsCluster <KmsCluster>

Specifies the key management server cluster for which you want to use the certificate as a client certificate.



Required? true

Position? 1

Default value None

Accept pipeline input? True (ByValue)

Accept wildcard characters? true



-Server <VIServer[]>

Specifies the vCenter Server systems on which you want to run the cmdlet. If no value is given to this

parameter, the command runs on the default servers. For more information about default servers, see the

description of Connect-VIServer.



Required? false

Position? named

Default value None

Accept pipeline input? False

Accept wildcard characters? true



-Confirm [<SwitchParameter>]

If the value is $true, indicates that the cmdlet asks for confirmation before running. If the value is $false,

the cmdlet runs without asking for user confirmation.



Required? false

Position? named

Default value False

Accept pipeline input? False

Accept wildcard characters? false



-WhatIf [<SwitchParameter>]

Indicates that the cmdlet is run only to display the changes that would be made and actually no objects are

modified.



Required? false

Position? named

Default value False

Accept pipeline input? False

Accept wildcard characters? false



<CommonParameters>

This cmdlet supports the common parameters: Verbose, Debug,

ErrorAction, ErrorVariable, WarningAction, WarningVariable,

OutBuffer, PipelineVariable, and OutVariable. For more information, see

about_CommonParameters (https:/go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=113216).



INPUTS



OUTPUTS

The newly created self-signed certificate or certificate-signing request







NOTES









-------------------------- Example 1 --------------------------



New-KmipClientCertificate -KmsCluster $kmsCluster



Creates a self-signed client certificate for the $kmsCluster key management server cluster.

-------------------------- Example 2 --------------------------



New-KmipClientCertificate -KmsCluster $kmsCluster -CertificateSigningRequest -FilePath $filePath



Creates a certificate-signing request for the $kmsCluster key management server cluster and exports it to the

$filePath file path.



RELATED LINKS

Online Version: https://code.vmware.com/doc/preview?id= ... icate.html

Get-KmipClientCertificate