I use let's encrypt ssl certificates on ESXi 6.5 (ESXi-6.5.0-20170702001-standard) and it has been working well. Every few weeks when the certificates expire I just copied the new certificates to /etc/vmware/ssl/rui.{crt,key} and ran
/sbin/services.sh restart
That reloaded the certificates and everything was OK.
Not I have updated to ESXi-6.5.0-20171204001-standard (Build 7388607) and I cannot get ESXi to reload the certificates. Any ideas what is going wrong? How can I reload the certificates without rebooting the whole machine?
[root@vmwsrv1:~] services.sh restart &tail -f /var/log/jumpstart-stdout.log
2018-01-22T10:43:30.955Z| executing start plugin: lacp
2018-01-22T10:43:31.158Z| executing start plugin: memscrubd
2018-01-22T10:43:31.359Z| executing start plugin: smartd
2018-01-22T10:43:31.562Z| executing start plugin: vpxa
2018-01-22T10:43:31.765Z| executing start plugin: sfcbd-watchdog
2018-01-22T10:43:32.976Z| executing start plugin: wsman
2018-01-22T10:43:33.583Z| executing start plugin: snmpd
2018-01-22T10:43:33.986Z| Jumpstart failed to start: snmpd reason: Execution of command: /etc/init.d/snmpd start failed with status: 1
2018-01-22T10:43:33.986Z| executing start plugin: xorg
2018-01-22T10:43:34.391Z| executing start plugin: vmtoolsd
2018-01-23T14:39:01.265Z| executing stop for daemon xorg.
2018-01-23T14:39:01.468Z| Jumpstart failed to stop: xorg reason: Execution of command: /etc/init.d/xorg stop failed with status: 3
2018-01-23T14:39:01.468Z| executing stop for daemon vmsyslogd.
2018-01-23T14:39:01.671Z| Jumpstart failed to stop: vmsyslogd reason: Execution of command: /etc/init.d/vmsyslogd stop failed with status: 1
2018-01-23T14:39:01.671Z| executing stop for daemon vmtoolsd.
2018-01-23T14:39:01.872Z| Jumpstart failed to stop: vmtoolsd reason: Execution of command: /etc/init.d/vmtoolsd stop failed with status: 1
2018-01-23T14:39:01.872Z| executing stop for daemon wsman.
2018-01-23T14:39:02.478Z| executing stop for daemon snmpd.
2018-01-23T14:39:02.884Z| executing stop for daemon sfcbd-watchdog.
2018-01-23T14:39:06.517Z| executing stop for daemon vpxa.
2018-01-23T14:39:06.718Z| executing stop for daemon vobd.
2018-01-23T14:39:06.921Z| executing stop for daemon dcbd.
2018-01-23T14:39:07.124Z| executing stop for daemon cdp.
2018-01-23T14:39:07.325Z| executing stop for daemon nscd.
2018-01-23T14:39:07.528Z| executing stop for daemon lacp.
2018-01-23T14:39:07.731Z| executing stop for daemon memscrubd.
2018-01-23T14:39:07.934Z| Jumpstart failed to stop: memscrubd reason: Execution of command: /etc/init.d/memscrubd stop failed with status: 3
2018-01-23T14:39:07.934Z| executing stop for daemon smartd.
2018-01-23T14:39:08.136Z| executing stop for daemon slpd.
2018-01-23T14:39:08.337Z| executing stop for daemon sdrsInjector.
2018-01-23T14:39:08.540Z| executing stop for daemon storageRM.
2018-01-23T14:39:08.743Z| executing stop for daemon vvold.
2018-01-23T14:39:08.945Z| Jumpstart failed to stop: vvold reason: Execution of command: /etc/init.d/vvold stop failed with status: 3
2018-01-23T14:39:08.945Z| executing stop for daemon hostdCgiServer.
2018-01-23T14:39:09.149Z| executing stop for daemon sensord.
2018-01-23T14:39:09.352Z| executing stop for daemon lbtd.
2018-01-23T14:39:09.554Z| executing stop for daemon hostd.
2018-01-23T14:39:09.755Z| executing stop for daemon rhttpproxy.
2018-01-23T14:39:09.958Z| executing stop for daemon nfcd.
2018-01-23T14:39:10.161Z| executing stop for daemon vmfstraced.
2018-01-23T14:39:10.564Z| executing stop for daemon rabbitmqproxy.
2018-01-23T14:39:10.767Z| executing stop for daemon esxui.
2018-01-23T14:39:10.970Z| executing stop for daemon usbarbitrator.
2018-01-23T14:39:11.173Z| executing stop for daemon iofilterd-spm.
2018-01-23T14:39:11.376Z| executing stop for daemon swapobjd.
2018-01-23T14:39:11.781Z| executing stop for daemon iofilterd-vmwarevmcrypt.
2018-01-23T14:39:11.985Z| executing stop for daemon SSH.
2018-01-23T14:39:12.188Z| executing stop for daemon DCUI.
Errors:
Invalid operation requested: This ruleset is required and connot be disabled
2018-01-23T14:39:12.391Z| executing stop for daemon ntpd.
2018-01-23T14:39:14.549Z| executing start plugin: SSH
2018-01-23T14:39:14.752Z| executing start plugin: DCUI
2018-01-23T14:39:14.955Z| executing start plugin: ntpd
2018-01-23T14:39:15.358Z| executing start plugin: esxui
2018-01-23T14:39:15.965Z| executing start plugin: usbarbitrator
2018-01-23T14:39:16.774Z| executing start plugin: iofilterd-spm
2018-01-23T14:39:17.177Z| executing start plugin: swapobjd
2018-01-23T14:39:17.580Z| executing start plugin: iofilterd-vmwarevmcrypt
2018-01-23T14:39:17.985Z| executing start plugin: sdrsInjector
2018-01-23T14:39:18.188Z| executing start plugin: storageRM
2018-01-23T14:39:18.392Z| executing start plugin: vvold
2018-01-23T14:39:20.204Z| executing start plugin: hostdCgiServer
2018-01-23T14:39:20.407Z| executing start plugin: sensord
2018-01-23T14:39:20.813Z| executing start plugin: lbtd
2018-01-23T14:39:21.017Z| executing start plugin: hostd
2018-01-23T14:39:21.824Z| executing start plugin: rhttpproxy
2018-01-23T14:39:22.228Z| executing start plugin: nfcd
2018-01-23T14:39:22.429Z| executing start plugin: vmfstraced
2018-01-23T14:39:22.632Z| executing start plugin: rabbitmqproxy
2018-01-23T14:39:23.438Z| executing start plugin: slpd
2018-01-23T14:39:23.639Z| executing start plugin: dcbd
2018-01-23T14:39:23.842Z| executing start plugin: cdp
2018-01-23T14:39:24.045Z| executing start plugin: nscd
2018-01-23T14:39:24.246Z| executing start plugin: lacp
2018-01-23T14:39:24.448Z| executing start plugin: memscrubd
2018-01-23T14:39:24.651Z| executing start plugin: smartd
2018-01-23T14:39:24.854Z| executing start plugin: vpxa
2018-01-23T14:39:25.058Z| executing start plugin: sfcbd-watchdog
2018-01-23T14:39:26.267Z| executing start plugin: wsman
2018-01-23T14:39:26.872Z| executing start plugin: snmpd
2018-01-23T14:39:27.276Z| Jumpstart failed to start: snmpd reason: Execution of command: /etc/init.d/snmpd start failed with status: 1
2018-01-23T14:39:27.276Z| executing start plugin: xorg
2018-01-23T14:39:27.680Z| executing start plugin: vmtoolsd