For local users of the VMware Aria Operations appliances and the VMware Cloud Proxy appliances, you configure the password expiration policy on a per-user basis.

Table 1. Default Password Expiration Policy for VMware Aria Operations

Local User

Setting

Default

Description

root

maxdays

365

Maximum number of days between password change

mindays

0

Minimum number of days between password change

warndays

7

Number of days of warning before a password expires

Procedure

  1. Log in to the primary VMware Aria Operations node by using a Secure Shell (SSH) client at <aria_operations_primary_node_fqdn> as root.
  2. Change the value of the maximum number of days between password change by running the following command.
    chage --maxdays <your_value> root
  3. Change the value of the minimum number of days between password change by running the following command.
    chage --mindays <your_value> root
  4. Change the value of the number of days of warning before the password expires by running the following command.
    chage --warndays <your_value> root
  5. Verify the configuration of the desired values by running the following command.
    chage --list root
  6. Repeat the procedure for the remaining VMware Aria Operations appliances and the VMware Cloud Proxy appliances.