VMware ESXi 6.5 - Replacing the default SSL/TLS certificates

Tue, 05 Dec 2017 17:43:47 +0000

One of my weird hobbies is installing legitimate SSL certificates EVERYWHERE. Here’s steps for replacing the default self-signed garbage SSL certificates you get out of the box with VMware ESXi:

Steps Get your SSL cert, obviously. You’ll need a .key file and a .crt. (If you need help at this stage, take a look at my SSL cert management scripts on github.) Enable SSH access to your ESXi box. Login as root over ssh. (If you don’t know about this, perhaps this whole process is not for you at this time) From your root ssh session to your ESXi box, follow these steps:

DeltaFlyer Episode II: Prime Line Rollers

Wed, 13 Apr 2016 11:14:08 +0000

DeltaFlyer Episode II was originally posted to hackaday.io. I’ve mirrored it here for my own purposes.

For the Delta Flyer’s maiden voyage, I opted to go cheap and use Prime Line rollers (referenced in an earlier log). They’re fairly inexpensive and I didn’t have much grief finding them at a couple different local stores. They definitely have slop in them, so they’re not really a good choice and probably go from rough to terrible as print speed is increased. Episode II here is to illustrate how well these actually work.

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VMware ESXi 6.5 - Replacing the default SSL/TLS certificates

DeltaFlyer Episode II: Prime Line Rollers