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

Products

• VCF Operations/Automation (formerly VMware Aria Suite)

Issue/Introduction

This article provides the steps to validate the value of a password configured in Locker. 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 (322673).

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

• It is suggested to follow Rotate Passwords for VMware Cloud Foundation Components. 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 for VMware Cloud Foundation Components.

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

Environment

VMware vRealize Suite Lifecycle Manager 8.x
VMware Aria Suite LCM 8.x

Resolution

1. Navigate to Locker > Passwords, and find the Password Alias of interest. In the last column, click on the vertical ellipsis (⋮) and then select View Password.
   
2. Type the VMware Aria Suite Lifecycle root password and click on VALIDATE AND VIEW PASSWORD.
   
3. Click on the eye icon in order to see the Password value.
   

Additional Information

Main article:

• Password management with Aria Suite Lifecycle (vRealize Suite Lifecycle Manager) Locker (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 322673
  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
  VMware Aria Suite Lifecycle appliance (vRealize Suite Lifecycle Manager)	root admin@local	Step five (5) in the Above KB 322673
  Workspace ONE Access (VMware Identity Manager)	root admin admin (8443)	KB 322692