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} folder := object.NewFolder(f.client, ref.Reference()) <ins> // Set the InventoryPath of the newly created folder object // The default foler becomes the datacenter's "vm" folder. // The "vm" folder always exists for a datacenter. It cannot be // removed or replaced folder.SetInventoryPath(path.Join(f.dc.InventoryPath, "vm")) </ins> return folder, nil }

Discussion:
Expectation- We should be able to create PVCs via a storageclass with storagePolicyName defined while using a singed ca cert for secure communications with vCenter. Bug- The PVC created with a storageclass with storagePolicyName defined fails with a error when PVCs created with a storageclass without the storagPolicyName work against the same vCenter and datastore. Scenario: Utilizing the vSphere in-tree plugin on kubernetes 1.12.7. Utilizing secure communication with vSphere (signed ca cert imported into the cluster) We are able to create PVCs with the following storage class: However, if we include a storagePolicyName we receive a failure: Here is the yaml for our sc1 storage class: /sig vmware
I think we are having issue with creating PBM client using certificate set on the vCenter Client. We need to create a PBM client to get list of compatible datastore for given storage policy. I think call is failing at - Can you please provide controller-manager logs for further debugging. Make sure log level is set to 4.
Sorry for the delayed response. I'm not confident I got the log level correct, however this is what I find:
I believe I have log level 4 now set:
For comparison, here is a PVC created w/o storagePolicyName on the same datastore which succeeds:
thanks for posting logs. Now this is confirmed, issue is happening while creating PBM client when we use certificate based authentication. One more thing I want to confirm regarding the certificate, are you using solution user as mentioned here -
Can you also provide value of in the file? Is it set to true or false / 1 or 0 ? Also confirm version of vCenter you are using.
is unset, as for the solution user I'd have to leave that to to expand on.
I don't believe we used any solution user because we simply used "" as the default user during installation. please correct me if I'm wrong.
How is the certificate and private key retrieved for the user . I am successfully able to connect to the PBM using vpxd certificte and key. I ssh into the vCenter and executed following commands to retrieve certificate and private key for vpxd. with vpxd cert and private key, I do not see this issue. In addition I also set while making connection.

Can you try setting Insecure to false? That's the flag setting that triggers the cert error.
with , I see the exact same error - , while creating VC client.
Isn't that because it's self-signed? In the case of the issue in this ticket the cert is signed by a trusted CA /cc to confirm.
The cert is self-signed and its CA isn't trusted.
I used vpxd certificate and issuer is I require to set .
Is there any way to make it work if insecure=false?
- then I’d say that’s expected? If the root CA isn’t trusted, then it is insecure?
well, while that's expected, I don't know if there's a method to add the root CA to a trusted list.
Correct me if I’m wrong but isn’t the trusted list the root CA store of the K8S node’s OS in this case? I’d imagine whatever CA Root signed the cert would need to be to the OS of choice’s CA store.
you are correct, we need to download trusted root certificate and add them in the store on node vm. For now on my mac, I have downloaded trusted root certificate from the vCenter -and them in the keychain and flagged as "Always Trust". ! After this, I am able to connect to VC client with or without specifying this flag at all using VPXD certificate and private key. So certificate needs to be to the CA trust store on the master node VM. after adding trusted root certificate from vCenter to the trust store, you should be able to make a connection using .
After importing the root cert by placing it in /etc/ssl/certs on the master node, I'm able to provision a PVC while specifying a storage policy. Thanks for all the help.
Can you close this issue and work with KK to get this automated in the product?
It turns out that importing the root cert into the host was just a workaround, and the actual bug was fixed in That fix is included in govmomi v0.21.0.