NSX Web UI edge password expiring alarm in SDDC environment

Products

• VMware NSX
• VMware SDDC Manager

Issue/Introduction

• NSX WebUI Alarms page shows Password Expiration Approaching on the NSX edge name under Entity name
• Password is not yet expired
• NSX is managed by SDDC
  
  

Resolution

Manually Update or Rotate the NSX edge password in the SDDC WebUI

Manually Update

• From the navigation pane, select SecurityPassword Management.
• Click the tab for the component that includes the account for which you want to update the password.
• Select the account whose password you want to update, click the vertical ellipsis (three dots), and click Update.
• Enter and confirm the new password.
• Click Update.
  
  A message appears at the top of the page showing the progress of the operation. The Tasks panel also shows detailed status of the password update operation. To view sub-tasks, click the task name.
  Password update is complete when all sub-tasks are completed successfully.

Rotate

• In the navigation pane, click SecurityPassword Management.
• Click the tab for the component that includes the accounts for which you want to rotate a password.
• Select one or more accounts and click one of the following operation.
  • Rotate Now
  • Schedule Rotation - You can set the password rotation interval (30 days, 60 days, or 90 days). 

 

Additional Information

VMware Cloud Foundation - Manually Update Passwords

VMware Cloud Foundation - Rotate Passwords