Login Message is not visible in VCF Operations

Products

• VCF Operations

Issue/Introduction

• Aria Operations was upgraded from 8.x to 9.x and the Login Message text disappeared

Environment

VCF Operations 9.x

Cause

The 8.x version of Aria Operations used a dark background for the Login Message dialog box and white text was used for the login message. The 9.x version of VCF Operations uses a white background for the Login Message dialog box causing the white text to not be visible.

Resolution

Two workarounds are available:

Workaround 1 - Manually reset the login message to an unconfigured state

1. Create cluster offline snapshots of all VCF Operations analytic nodes (primary, replica, data) then bring the cluster back online
2. Log in to the primary node as root via SSH or vSphere console
3. Run the following command to reset the Login Message to its out-of-the-box not configured state:

   su - postgres -c "/opt/vmware/vpostgres/current/bin/psql -d vcopsdb -p 5433 -c \"DELETE FROM kv_keyvalue WHERE key = 'LoginMessageParamsKey-LoginMessageParamsKey' AND type='LoginMessageParamsKey';\""

Workaround 2 - Use a third party rich text editor

1. Log in to the VCF Operations UI as an administrative user and navigate to Operate > Administration > Global Settings > User Access > Login Message
2. Copy the existing text from the Content: box
3. Open a third party rich text editor and paste the copied text
4. Use the third party rich text editor to change the color of the text
5. Copy the modified text from the third party rich text editor to the Content: box in VCF Operations and click Save