​​Validating what passwords are being used per VMware Aria Suite Product in VMware Aria Suite Lifecycle

Products

• VMware Aria Suite

Issue/Introduction

This article provides the steps to validate what Locker Password Alias is being in used on a Product.

It is part of a group of articles about managing passwords using VMware Aria Suite Lifecycle Manager: Password management with Aria Suite Lifecycle (vRealize Suite Lifecycle Manager) Locker KB 322673 .

On VCF mode VMware Aria Suite Lifecycle, the passwords are managed by the SDDC manager rotation tool. Therefore:

• • It is suggested to follow the Rotate passwords – VMware Cloud Foundation Administration Guide. This document indicates what passwords are managed by SDDC manager.
  • If the passwords managed by the SDDC password rotation tool were updated outside of SDDC or this article was followed, it is needed to remediate them following  Remediate Passwords – VMware Cloud Foundation Administration Guide

In case of having problems with the Password Rotation tool or remediating passwords on SDDC Manager, please file a Service Request for the VCF team.
 

VMware Aria Suite Lifecycle Manager manages the following passwords:

• Datacenters.
• My VMware
• Proxy.
• VMware Aria Suite Products
• VMware Aria Suite Lifecycle Appliance

This article includes the steps for validating the Locker Alias Password in use on Aria Suite Products, the article Password Management with Aria Suite Lifecycle  Locker provides the steps for Datacenters, My VMware, Proxy, and VMware Aria Lifecycle Appliance.

Note: The screenshots of this article are from vRealize Suite Lifecycle Manager 8.10, therefore, the old branding will be present.

Note: This article shows how to validate the passwords associated per product using Lifecycle Operations. It is possible to validate the password association in Locker, after selecting the respective password alias and checking on the References as explained on Managing passwords by using the VMware Aria Suite Lifecycle locker

Environment

VMware vRealize Suite Lifecycle Manager 8.x

Resolution

1. ​​​​​​Navigate to Lifecycle Operations > Environment, select the environment of interest, and click on VIEW DETAILS.

2. The Admin passwords are present in the Product and the passwords at the node level are present in the node tab:

Examples.

Workspace One Access (VMware Identity Manager)


Admin Locker Alias Password (Product tab)

root, ssh user, admin 8443 Locker Alias Passwords at the node tab:

 
VMware Aria Operations for Logs (vRealize Log Insight)



Default and root Locker Alias Passwords at the node tab.


VMware Aria Automaition (Cluster)

Additional Information

Main article:   

• Password management with Aria Suite Lifecycle (vRealize Suite Lifecycle Manager) Locker KB 322673.

 

Child articles:

• Viewing passwords stored in VMware Aria Suite Lifecycle (vRealize Suite Lifecycle Manager) Locker KB 322699

• ​​Validating what passwords are being used per product in VMware Aria Suite Lifecycle (vRealize Suite Lifecycle Manager) KB 322689

• Remediating passwords updated outside of VMware Aria Suite Lifecycle (vRealize Suite Lifecycle Manager) KB 302049

• Resetting VMware Aria Suite Lifecycle root password  KB 322721

• Resetting admin@local password for VMware Aria Suite Lifecycle  KB 314669

• Changing password KBs:

Product	Password	KB
VMware Aria Automation (vRealize Automation) VMware Aria Automation Config (Salt Stack Config) VMware Aria Automation  Orchestrator (vRealize Orchestrator)	root	KB 322695
VMware Aria Operations (vRealize Operations)	root admin	KB 322690
VMware Aria Operations for Logs (vRealize Log Insight)	root admin	KB 322698
VMware Aria Operations for Networks (vRealize Network Insight)	admin support console user	KB 322694
Aria Suite Lifecycle appliance (vRealize Suite Lifecycle Manager)	root admin@local	Step 5 on KB 322673
Workspace ONE Access (VMware Identity Manager)	root admin admin (8443)	KB 322692