Certificate is not trusted error when deploying a new Management Node in vCenter
Applies to
- Element OS ver 12.9 Management Node OVA
Issue
When deploying a management node OVA, the Review details step show a warning that “The certificate is not trusted.” and shows the Publisher as (Invalid Certificate).
If you select Next without addressing the warning, an additional message appears:

Customer can click the Ignore link in the warning message and proceed to deploy the OVA without further issues. Or, he/she can add the intermediate and root certificates to vCenter to address the warning.
