SaltConfig must be running version 8.5 and must be deployed via LCM.
If vRA is running on self-signed/local-CA/LCM-CA certificates the saltstack UI will not load and you will see similar symptoms:
Specifically, a blank page when logging on to salt UI with account/info api returning 500
Logs:
less /var/log/raas/raas
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "requests/adapters.py", line 449, in send
File "urllib3/connectionpool.py", line 756, in urlopen
File "urllib3/util/retry.py", line 574, in increment
urllib3.exceptions.MaxRetryError: HTTPSConnectionPool(host='automation.ntitta.lab', port=443): Max retries exceeded with url: /csp/gateway/am/api/auth/discovery?username=service_type&state=aHR0cHM6Ly9zYWx0eS5udGl0dGEubGFiL2lkZW50aXR5L2FwaS9jb3JlL2F1dGhuL2NzcA%3D%3D&redirect_uri=https%3A%2F%2Fsalty.ntitta.lab%2Fidentity%2Fapi%2Fcore%2Fauthn%2Fcsp&client_id=ssc-HLwywt0h3Y (Caused by SSLError(SSLCertVerificationError(1, '[SSL: CERTIFICATE_VERIFY_FAILED] certificate verify failed: self signed certificate in certificate chain (_ssl.c:1076)')))
During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "tornado/web.py", line 1680, in _execute
File "raas/utils/rest.py", line 153, in prepare
File "raas/utils/rest.py", line 481, in prepare
File "pop/contract.py", line 170, in __call__
File "/var/lib/raas/unpack/_MEIb1NPIC/raas/mods/vra/params.py", line 250, in get_login_url
verify=validate_ssl)
File "requests/api.py", line 76, in get
File "requests/api.py", line 61, in request
File "requests/sessions.py", line 542, in request
File "raven/breadcrumbs.py", line 341, in send
File "requests/sessions.py", line 655, in send
File "requests/adapters.py", line 514, in send
requests.exceptions.SSLError: HTTPSConnectionPool(host='automation.ntitta.lab', port=443): Max retries exceeded with url: /csp/gateway/am/api/auth/discovery?username=service_type&state=aHR0cHM6Ly9zYWx0eS5udGl0dGEubGFiL2lkZW50aXR5L2FwaS9jb3JlL2F1dGhuL2NzcA%3D%3D&redirect_uri=https%3A%2F%2Fsalty.ntitta.lab%2Fidentity%2Fapi%2Fcore%2Fauthn%2Fcsp&client_id=ssc-HLwywt0h3Y (Caused by SSLError(SSLCertVerificationError(1, '[SSL: CERTIFICATE_VERIFY_FAILED] certificate verify failed: self signed certificate in certificate chain (_ssl.c:1076)')))
2021-08-23 04:29:16,906 [tornado.access ][ERROR :2250][Webserver:59844] 500 POST /rpc (127.0.0.1) 1697.46msTo resolve this, grab the root certificate of vRA and import this over to the saltstack appliance root store:
Grab root certificate:
Cli method:
root@salty [ ~ ]# openssl s_client -showcerts -connect automation.ntitta.lab:443
CONNECTED(00000003)
depth=1 CN = vRealize Suite Lifecycle Manager Locker CA, O = VMware, C = IN
verify error:num=19:self signed certificate in certificate chain
---
Certificate chain
0 s:/CN=automation.ntitta.lab/OU=labs/O=GSS/L=BLR/ST=KA/C=IN
i:/CN=vRealize Suite Lifecycle Manager Locker CA/O=VMware/C=IN
-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----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-----END CERTIFICATE-----
1 s:/CN=vRealize Suite Lifecycle Manager Locker CA/O=VMware/C=IN
i:/CN=vRealize Suite Lifecycle Manager Locker CA/O=VMware/C=IN
-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----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-----END CERTIFICATE-----
---
Server certificate
subject=/CN=automation.ntitta.lab/OU=labs/O=GSS/L=BLR/ST=KA/C=IN
issuer=/CN=vRealize Suite Lifecycle Manager Locker CA/O=VMware/C=IN
---
No client certificate CA names sent
Peer signing digest: SHA512
Server Temp Key: ECDH, P-256, 256 bits
---
SSL handshake has read 2528 bytes and written 393 bytes
---
New, TLSv1/SSLv3, Cipher is ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384
Server public key is 2048 bit
Secure Renegotiation IS supported
Compression: NONE
Expansion: NONE
No ALPN negotiated
SSL-Session:
Protocol : TLSv1.2
Cipher : ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384
Session-ID: B06BE4668E5CCE713F1C1547F0917CC901F143CB13D06ED7A111784AAD10B2F6
Session-ID-ctx:
Master-Key: 75E8109DD84E2DD064088B44779C4E7FEDA8BE91693C5FC2A51D3F90B177F5C92B7AB638148ADF612EBEFDA30930DED4
Key-Arg : None
PSK identity: None
PSK identity hint: None
SRP username: None
TLS session ticket:
0000 - b9 54 91 b7 60 d4 18 d2-4b 72 55 db 78 e4 91 10 .T..`...KrU.x...
0010 - 1f 97 a0 35 31 16 21 db-8c 49 bf 4a a1 b4 59 ff ...51.!..I.J..Y.
0020 - 07 22 1b cc 20 d5 52 7a-52 84 17 86 b3 2a 7a ee .".. .RzR....*z.
0030 - 14 c3 9b 9f 8f 24 a7 a1-76 4d a2 4f bb d7 5a 21 .....$..vM.O..Z!
0040 - c9 a6 d0 be 3b 57 4a 4e-cd cc 9f a6 12 45 09 b5 ....;WJN.....E..
0050 - ca c4 c9 57 f5 ac 17 04-94 cb d0 0a 77 17 ac b8 ...W........w...
0060 - 8a b2 39 f1 78 70 37 6d-d0 bf f1 73 14 63 e8 86 ..9.xp7m...s.c..
0070 - 17 27 80 c1 3e fe 54 cf- .'..>.T.
Start Time: 1629788388
Timeout : 300 (sec)
Verify return code: 19 (self signed certificate in certificate chain)
From the above example,
Certificate chain 0 s:/CN=automation.ntitta.lab/OU=labs/O=GSS/L=BLR/ST=KA/C=IN <—-this is my vRA cert
i:/CN=vRealize Suite Lifecycle Manager Locker CA/O=VMware/C=IN <—-This is the root cert (Generated via LCM)
Create a new cert file with the contents of the root certificate.
cat root.crt
-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----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-----END CERTIFICATE-----
Backup existing certificate store:
cp /etc/pki/tls/certs/ca-bundle.crt ~/Copy the lcm certificate to the certificate store:
cat root.crt >> /etc/pki/tls/certs/ca-bundle.crtadd the below to raas.service, /usr/lib/systemd/system/raas.service
Environment=REQUESTS_CA_BUNDLE=/etc/pki/tls/certs/ca-bundle.crtExample:
root@salty [ ~ ]# cat /usr/lib/systemd/system/raas.service
[Unit]
Description=The SaltStack Enterprise API Server
After=network.target
[Service]
Type=simple
User=raas
Group=raas
# to be able to bind port < 1024
AmbientCapabilities=CAP_NET_BIND_SERVICE
NoNewPrivileges=yes
RestrictAddressFamilies=AF_INET AF_INET6 AF_UNIX AF_NETLINK
PermissionsStartOnly=true
ExecStartPre=/bin/sh -c 'systemctl set-environment FIPS_MODE=$(/opt/vmware/bin/ovfenv -q --key fips-mode)'
ExecStartPre=/bin/sh -c 'systemctl set-environment NODE_TYPE=$(/opt/vmware/bin/ovfenv -q --key node-type)'
Environment=REQUESTS_CA_BUNDLE=/etc/pki/tls/certs/ca-bundle.crt
ExecStart=/usr/bin/raas
TimeoutStopSec=90
[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.targetRestart salt service:
systemctl daemon-reload
systemctl restart raas && tail -f /var/log/raas/raasUpon restart, the above command should start to tail the raas logs, ensure that we no longer see the certificate-related messages.