VMware Skyline: Hostname verification

If you do SSL inspection in your company you can run into issues when using Skyline as the collector does Hostname verification. This will ensure the collector is connecting to the appropriate server by looking at the certificate’s “dnsName” or “subjectAltName” fields against the host in the URL of the connection.

As SSL inspection can be required by your IT Security the newest version of the Skyline collector contains the option to disable hostname verification so the connection with SSL inspection providing non valid certificates will work.