VCF 9.1 Management Services Fail to Deploy with Error "Invalid input Remediation: Enter correct API input"

Products

• VMware SDDC Manager / VCF Installer

Issue/Introduction

When deploying Management Services on VCF Operations 9.1, an error can appear during the configuration wizard:

"Invalid input Remediation: Enter correct API input" 

Environment

VCF Operations 9.1

Cause

Password length or complexity requirements not met

Resolution

Password must meet the requirements below per Password Requirements for the VCF Usage Meter User Accounts

• Passwords must be at least fifteen characters long.
• Passwords must contain at least one uppercase letter.
• Passwords must contain at least one lowercase letter.
• Passwords must contain at least one numeral from 0 through 9.
• Passwords must contain at least one special character.
• Passwords must contain at least four different characters in comparison to the old password.
• Passwords must be different from the last five passwords.
• Passwords must verified against the existing password dictionary list.
• New passwords must not contain eight or more consecutive characters part of the old password.