NSX-T Manager and Edge Node local user passwords are reset to 90 days after an upgrade to NSX-T 2.4.x

Products

• VMware NSX Networking

Issue/Introduction

Symptoms:
NSX-T Manager and Edge Node local user passwords are reset to 90 days after an upgrade to NSX-T 2.4.x from NSX-T 2.4.x (for example upgrade from NSX-T 2.4.0 to NSX-T 2.4.2).

Environment

VMware NSX-T Data Center 2.x
VMware NSX-T Data Center

Cause

Password expiration was introduced in NSX-T 2.4.0. By default, password expiration is configured for 90 days.
The NSX-T code for all 2.4.x branches set the password expiration back to default after any upgrade including an upgrade from NSX-T 2.4.x to NSX-T 2.4.x.

Resolution

This issue is resolved in NSX-T 2.5.0.

Workaround:
To workaround the issue reset the user password on the NSX-T Manager or Edge node appliance after the upgrade using one of the following commands:

• Disable password expiration: #clear user {USER} password-expiration

• Set password expiration to 9999 days: #set user {USER} password-expiration 9999