Create VI workload domain failed with error: INVALID_SSO_PASSWORD

Products

• VMware SDDC Manager

Issue/Introduction

Creating the VI workload domain reports error :

No suitable hosts available to create a VI workload domain. Hosts must be unassigned, commissioned with at least two physical NICs and the same storage type as the VI workload domain, and the ESXi version must be compatible with the lowest ESXi version present in the management domain.

 

In our case the ESXi's hardware configuration matches the requirements.

Environment

VMware Cloud Foundation 5.x

Cause

Check the errors in /var/log/vmware/vcf/domainmanager/domainmanager.log:

2024-12-03T00:52:45.108+0000 DEBUG [vcf_dm,c910f45277854606,09a9] [c.v.e.s.e.h.LocalizableRuntimeExceptionHandler,http-nio-127.0.0.1-7200-exec-1]  Handler Error Response: {"errorCode":"PUBLIC_DOMAINSPEC_VALIDATION_FAILED","arguments":[],"message":"Failed to validate domain spec","nestedErrors":[{"errorCode":"INVALID_SSO_PASSWORD","arguments":[],"message":"password doesn\u0027t conform to the best practices. Password must be of atleast 8 characters and at most 20. Must have atleast 1 lower case character, 1 special character, 1 digit."}],"referenceToken":"57RROM"} 

The workflow of domain creation reported the password issue, using the same password we could log into the SDDC manager and manage the vCenter.

Resolution

The password string has invalid character "%" preventing us to create VI workload domain, replace it with "@" or other special character.

The ERROR messages should be resolved and you can create VI workload domain successfully.