Configure the Local User Account Lockout Policy for Intelligent Operations Management for VMware Cloud Foundation

To configure the VMware Aria Operations account lockout policy for local user accounts, configure these specific 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.

UI 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.

PowerShell Procedure

1. Start PowerShell.

2. Replace the values in the sample code and run the commands.

   $sddcManagerFqdn = "sfo-vcf01.sfo.rainpole.io" 
   $sddcManagerUser = "[email protected]" 
   $sddcManagerPass = "VMw@re1!" 
   
   $maxFailures = "5" 
   $unlockInterval = "900" 
   $rootUnlockInterval = "900"

3. To get the current configuration, run the command.

   Request-AriaLocalUserAccountLockout -server $sddcManagerFqdn -user $sddcManagerUser -pass $sddcManagerPass -product vrops

4. To configure the local user account lockout policy, run the command.

   Update-AriaLocalUserPasswordAccountLockout -server $sddcManagerFqdn -user $sddcManagerUser -pass $sddcManagerPass -product vrops -failures $maxFailures -unlockInterval $unlockInterval -rootUnlockInterval $rootUnlockInterval 

5. Run the command in Step 3 to get the updated configuration.