To configure the VMware Aria Operations appliances and the VMware Cloud Proxy appliances account lockout policy for the local account, decide on certain policy settings.

Table 1. Default Account Lockout Policy for VMware Aria Operations

Setting

Default

Description

deny

3

Maximum number of authentication failures before the account is locked

unlock_time

0

Amount of time in seconds that the account remains locked

root_unlock_time

600

Amount of time in seconds that the root account remains locked

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. Back up the /etc/security/faillock.conf file for the appliance by running the following command.
    cp -p /etc/security/faillock.conf /etc/security/faillock.conf-`date +%F_%H:%M:%S`.back
  3. Configure the maximum number of failed log-in attempts.
    sed -i -E 's/deny = [-]?[0-9]+/deny = <your_value>/g' /etc/security/faillock.conf
  4. Configure the unlock time for the root account.
    sed -i -E 's/root_unlock_time = [-]?[0-9]+/root_unlock_time = <your_value>/g' /etc/security/faillock.conf
  5. Configure the unlock time for all other local accounts.
    sed -i -E 's/unlock_time = [-]?[0-9]+/unlock_time = <your_value>/g' /etc/security/faillock.conf
  6. Verify the values.
    cat /etc/security/faillock.conf

  7. Repeat the procedure for the remaining VMware Aria Operations appliances and the VMware Cloud Proxy appliances.