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 screen shows Generate, Import, and Generate CSR buttons.

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

Form for generating a CSR in vRealize Lifecycle Manager, showing fields for certificate details and server/host information.

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 vRSLCM 8 using User Certificate or advanced request.

Click on advanced certificate requests and complete the request details

Submit a certificate request or renewal, paste base-64 encoded CMC or PKCS #10.

Download the certificate in the Base 64 encoded format

Download certificate in Base 64 format from Microsoft Active Directory Certificate Services.

Next we can import it in to the certificate vault

UI shows Certificate section with Generate, Import, and Generate CSR buttons.

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, pass phrase, browse file, and private key fields.

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

Certificate successfully added in vRSLCM UI.

The certificate can now be used