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Manage password for VCF components using different option ?

Basically, in VMware Cloud foundation (VCF), You specify the passwords for your VMware Cloud Foundation system's internal accounts as part of the bring-up procedure.

Let Discuss about the different password option which we got in SDDC (Software Defined Data Center) and what are the use case to use that option.

Rotate Password: As a security measure, you can rotate passwords for the logical and physical entities on all racks in your system. The process of password rotation generates randomized passwords for the selected accounts.

Here Selected accounts means for which account you are going to change the password                          like root, backup, admin.

2.      Update Password: You can manually change password for anaccount (root,backup,admin).In Rotate   password system generate random password for you and update.

Note: From VCF 4.1 VMware introduce one addition option is Remediate Password .

3.      Remediate Passwords: This option you can use when any account password is expires and you must reset the password for that component. In this case first you have to reset and then go with remediate password. Password remediation update password in SDDC manager database and workflow of cloud foundation.

   How to use any of the above option in your environment?

1.      Log in to SDDC console from browser.

2.      Once you logged in to SDDC GUI console from browser, On Left Side you will able to see security option.

3.       Click on Security and go to Password Management.

       

4.    On Right Hand-Side you next to component you can choose for which component you want to

 Change password like ESxi, vCenter,PSC.

5.   Once you will choose the component you can apply any of the option to manage password (Rotate, Update and Remediate)

 

Note: Remediate is not visible in above screenshot as my lab environment is on VCF 3.10 but you will be able to see after 4.1.

 

 

Thank you .