As part of the project to install BSD on a server, I’ve been using the iDRAC 7 command line in my Dell 620 server to manage it via the Raspberry Pi I set up to the other day as plugging in a monitor and keyboard is not that convenient. However, since I hadn’t touched it in a very long time, the SSL certificate for the iDRAC had expired.
/admin1-> racadm sslcertview -t 1 -A
01
US
Texas
Round Rock
Dell Inc.
Remote Access Group
iDRAC7 default certificate
US
Texas
Round Rock
Dell Inc.
Remote Access Group
iDRAC7 default certificate
Jun 7 23:54:19 2011 GMT
Jun 4 23:54:19 2021 GMT
I was hoping to use the web interface, so I wanted to update it because browsers will complain about an expired cert. I had no idea how difficult this would be to update, but found a command that did the trick easily and reset the system as the prompt said:
/admin1-> racadm sslresetcfg
Reset iDRAC to apply new certificate. Until iDRAC is reset old certificate will be active.
/admin1-> racadm racreset
RAC reset operation initiated successfully. It may take a few
minutes for the RAC to come online again.
After a few minutes, logged back in and the certificate was updated to be good for ten years from today. Easy peasy.