Generating a certificate
We will generate a certificate request and instruct the VMware NSX Edge instance to create a self-signed certificate from that request:
In the left-hand navigation pane, select NSX Edges.
In the edge list, double-click the Perimeter Gateway entry to manage that object.
Click the Manage tab and click Settings.
In the settings category panel, select Certificates.
Select Generate CSR from the Actions drop-down menu to open the Generate CSR dialog box, and perform the following actions:
Enter Webload in the Common Name text box.
Enter Loadbalancer in the Organization Name text box.
Verify that RSA is the selected Message Algorithm.
Verify that 2048 is the selected Key Size.
Leave all other settings at the default value and click OK.
In the certificate list, select the newly generated signing request and select Self Sign Certificate from the Actions drop-down menu.
When prompted, enter 365 in the Number of days text box, and click OK.
The following screenshot depicts the Generate...
