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How do I enable secure boot in Vmware? Noticed it is not supported, how do I go about it
- RamakumarJul 08, 2026Copper Contributor
Please refer to this article for enable and disable secure boot
https://knowledge.broadcom.com/external/article/377377/enable-or-disable-uefi-secure-boot-for-a.html
If secure boot is not enabled no need to worry on certificate expiry of KEK or DB AFAIK
- Rupesh_VMWJul 08, 2026Copper Contributor
The complete documentation can be found here:
- https://techdocs.broadcom.com/us/en/vmware-cis/vsphere/vsphere/9-1/vsphere-security/securing-esxi-hosts/uefi-secure-boot-for-esxi-hosts.html
- https://techdocs.broadcom.com/us/en/vmware-cis/vsphere/vsphere/9-1/vsphere-virtual-machine-administration/configuring-virtual-machine-options/configuring-virtual-machine-boot-options/enable-or-disable-uefi-secure-boot-for-a-virtual-machine.html
- https://techdocs.broadcom.com/us/en/vmware-cis/vsphere/vsphere/9-1/esx-upgrade/after-upgrading-or-migrating-hosts/enable-secure-boot-on-an-upgraded-esxi-host.html
- IvanVelevskiJul 08, 2026Occasional Reader
Secure Boot is supported for VMware VMs. There is a "VM Options" tab on the VM Settings. You can select "Boot Options" and there should be a Secure Boot check box available when UEFI firmware is selected and the HW version of the machine is greater than 13.
It is usually enabled by default when a Windows is selected as the VM OS. - Grace_VMWJul 08, 2026Copper Contributor
Secure boot is supported in VMware. You can edit the VM configuration to enable secure boot.
- sandeepbyreddyJul 08, 2026Copper Contributor
please check this KB from VCF team
https://knowledge.broadcom.com/external/article/423893/secure-boot-certificate-expirations-and.html