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The ECS Storage Broker utilizes an HTTPS connection to the ECS Management API. For a successful installation of the ECS Storage Broker you will need to retrieve the ECS management SSL certificate from your ECS cluster.
To perform this task, you will need to know the IP address of a node or VIP of your load balanced management network for your ECS Cluster.
To retrieve the certificate, refer to the below command. The openssl command was issued on a Linux command line so syntax may vary if run from a different operating system.
echo -n | openssl s_client -connect <MGNT_IP>:4443 | sed -ne '/-BEGIN CERTIFICATE-/,/-END CERTIFICATE-/p'
Below is an example output from the above command.
-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----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-----END CERTIFICATE-----
Note: The above is a lab example of a certificate and should not be used to install the ECS Storage Broker.
To proceed to the next chapter save your ECS Management SSL certificate, including the -----BEGIN CERTIFICATE----- and -----END CERTIFICATE----- lines, from the output of the openssl command.