Delete a Root Certificate from vCenter Server

You can use the TrustedRootChains interface to add, delete and read trusted root certificate chains. This use case demonstrates how to delete a root certificate or certificate chain from the trusted root store of your vCenter Server system.

Deleting certificates is not available through the vSphere Client and you can only do this by using the vSphere Automation API or the CLI tools.

Caution: Deleting a root certificate or certificate chain that is in use might cause breakage of your systems. Proceed to delete a root certificate only if you are sure it is not in use by your vCenter Server or any connected systems.

Prerequisites

Verify that you have the required privileges for executing the method: CertificateManagement.Administer and CertificateManagement.Manage.

Procedure

  1. (Optional) Retrieve the root certificates from your vCenter Server system by calling the list function of the TrustedRootChains interface.

    The system lists the unique identifiers (chains) of the certificates in the trusted certificate store.

  2. Retrieve the certificate you want to delete by calling the get function and passing the unique identifier (chain) of the certificate as an argument.
  3. Delete the certificate by using the delete function of the TrustedRootChains interface and passing the unique identifier (chain) of the certificate as an argument.
  4. (Optional) To verify you deleted the certificate, list the root certificates from your vCenter Server system once again.