To look up the account credentials for the built-in accounts that are managed and rotated by SDDC Manager, you can log in to the SDDC Manager appliance using any SDDC Manager account credentials.
Prerequisites
Only a user with the
ADMIN role can perform this task.
Procedure
- SSH in to the SDDC Manager appliance using the vcf user account.
- (Optional) Change to the /usr/bin directory.
Note: Although the password management CLI commands are located in
/usr/bin, you can run them from any directory.
- Obtain the account credentials list by typing the command:
lookup_passwords
You must enter the user name and password for a user with the ADMIN role.
Note: Accounts with type
USER and
SYSTEM will be displayed.
- (Optional) Save the command output to a secure location with encryption so that you can access it later and use it to log in to the accounts as needed.