vRealize Lifeycycle Manager (vRSLCM) come with a Certificate Management feature. We can access the certificate management from Home -> Locker -> Certificate

vRealize Lifecycle Manager Certificate Management UI with options: Generate, Import, Generate CSR.

We can generate Self Signed certificates for products managed by Lifecycle Manager as well as certificate requests to be signed by a certification authority

Generate a new CSR

UI for generating a CSR in vRSLCM, including fields for name, common name, organization details, key length, and server domain/IP.

Download the CSR and take it to the certified authority, in my case im using a Microsoft server /certsrv/certrqxt.asp

Request a certificate for User Certificate or advanced request via Microsoft server.

Click on advanced certificate requests and complete the request details

Submit a certificate request or renewal request for vRealize Lifecycle Manager 8.

Download the certificate in the Base 64 encoded format

The image shows a certificate issuance page for Microsoft Active Directory Certificate Services, offering options to download the certificate in Base 64 encoded format.

Next we can import it in to the certificate vault

vRealize Lifecycle Manager Certificate page with Generate, Import, and Generate CSR options.

Click on import and complete the details. The private key can be found in the certificate request file

Import Certificate wizard step. Fill in name, passphrase, browse file, private key, and chain.

Make sure you create a file that includes the signed certificate + the private key + the intermediate and root certificates.

Certificate successfully added in vRealize Lifecycle Manager (vRSLCM) 8 UI.

The certificate can now be used