Issue was I had extra ) at the end of the command. bosh -e 192.168.50.6 alias-env vbox --ca-cert <(bosh int vbox/creds.yml --path /director_ssl/ca) should be bosh -e 192.168.50.6 alias-env vbox --ca-cert <(bosh int vbox/creds.yml --path /director_ssl/ca