Data center asset onboarding authentication for a data center asset via an onboarding operation

A system comprising:

• a processor;
• a data bus coupled to the processor;
• and,
• a non-transitory, computer-readable storage medium embodying computer program code, the non-transitory, computer-readable storage medium being coupled to the data bus, the computer program code interacting with a plurality of computer operations and comprising instructions executable by the processor and configured for:
• providing the data center asset to a data center asset purchaser;
• establishing a first communication channel between an onboarding system and the data center asset;
• establishing a second communication channel between a rendezvous server and the data center asset, the rendezvous server functioning as a rendezvous point between a newly powered-on data center asset and an onboarding service, the rendezvous server executing a trusted rendezvous service, the trusted rendezvous service being implemented to validate and register data center assets;
• generating a request to the trusted rendezvous service to generate a shared data center asset secret key for the data center asset;
• associating the shared data center asset secret key with the data center asset;
• sharing the shared data center asset secret key with the trusted rendezvous service upon receiving a request from the trusted rendezvous service that is encrypted by a public key of the data center asset purchaser;
• and,
• providing authorization for the data center asset to be onboarded when the shared data center asset secret key returned by the trusted rendezvous service matches the shared data center asset secret key associated with the data center asset.

A non-transitory, computer-readable storage medium embodying computer program code, the computer program code comprising computer executable instructions configured for:

• providing the data center asset to a data center asset purchaser;
• establishing a first communication channel between an onboarding system and the data center asset;
• establishing a second communication channel between a rendezvous server and the data center asset, the rendezvous server functioning as a rendezvous point between a newly powered-on data center asset and an onboarding service, the rendezvous server executing a trusted rendezvous service, the trusted rendezvous service being implemented to validate and register data center assets;
• generating a request to the trusted rendezvous service to generate a shared data center asset secret key for the data center asset;
• associating the shared data center asset secret key with the data center asset;
• and,
• sharing the shared data center asset secret key with the trusted rendezvous service upon receiving a request from the trusted rendezvous service that is encrypted by a public key of the data center asset purchaser;
• and,
• providing authorization for the data center asset to be onboarded when the shared data center asset secret key returned by the trusted rendezvous service matches the shared data center asset secret key associated with the data center asset.