Password Management for Identity and Access Management for VMware Cloud Foundation

Manage the passwords of the components in your VMware Cloud Foundation instance according to the design objectives and design guidance of Identity and Access Management for VMware Cloud Foundation validated solution.

Password management activities include the configuration of password policies, such as password expiration, complexity or account lockout, and password rotation and remediation.

If you want to use the infrastructure-as-code method for configuring password policies in the Identity and Access Management for VMware Cloud Foundation validated solution, verify that your system fulfills the following prerequisites.

Table 1. Prerequisites for CLI Configuration of Password Policies in Identity and Access Management for VMware Cloud Foundation
CLI Method	Prerequisite
PowerShell	Verify that your system has PowerShell Core 7.2 or later installed. See Microsoft PowerShell. Install the supporting PowerShell modules from the PowerShell Gallery by running the following commands. Set-PSRepository -Name PSGallery -InstallationPolicy Trusted Install-Module -Name VMware.PowerCLI -MinimumVersion 13.2.1 Install-Module -Name VMware.vSphere.SsoAdmin -MinimumVersion 1.3.9 Install-Module -Name PowerVCF -MinimumVersion 2.4.0 Install-Module -Name PowerValidatedSolutions -MinimumVersion 2.11.0 Install-Module -Name VMware.CloudFoundation.PasswordManagement -MinimumVersion 1.8.1 Import the modules before proceeding by running the following commands. Import-Module -Name VMware.PowerCLI Import-Module -Name VMware.vSphere.SsoAdmin Import-Module -Name PowerVCF Import-Module -Name PowerValidatedSolutions Import-Module -Name VMware.CloudFoundation.PasswordManagement Verify that the necessary modules are installed by running the following command in the PowerShell console. Test-VcfPasswordManagementPrereq

Table 1. Prerequisites for CLI Configuration of Password Policies in Identity and Access Management for VMware Cloud Foundation

CLI Method

Prerequisite

PowerShell

Verify that your system has PowerShell Core 7.2 or later installed. See Microsoft PowerShell.

Install the supporting PowerShell modules from the PowerShell Gallery by running the following commands.

Set-PSRepository -Name PSGallery -InstallationPolicy Trusted
Install-Module -Name VMware.PowerCLI -MinimumVersion 13.2.1
Install-Module -Name VMware.vSphere.SsoAdmin -MinimumVersion 1.3.9
Install-Module -Name PowerVCF -MinimumVersion 2.4.0
Install-Module -Name PowerValidatedSolutions -MinimumVersion 2.11.0
Install-Module -Name VMware.CloudFoundation.PasswordManagement -MinimumVersion 1.8.1

Import the modules before proceeding by running the following commands.

Import-Module -Name VMware.PowerCLI
Import-Module -Name VMware.vSphere.SsoAdmin
Import-Module -Name PowerVCF
Import-Module -Name PowerValidatedSolutions
Import-Module -Name VMware.CloudFoundation.PasswordManagement

Verify that the necessary modules are installed by running the following command in the PowerShell console.
```
Test-VcfPasswordManagementPrereq
```