Add the VMware Aria Operations Password to VMware Aria Suite Lifecycle for Intelligent Operations Management for VMware Cloud Foundation

Before deploying VMware Aria Operations by using VMware Aria Suite Lifecycle, you must add the password for the VMware Aria Operations appliance root user to the VMware Aria Suite Lifecycle locker. Additionally, if you have not created the VMware Aria Suite Lifecycle cross-instance environment as part of another validated solution, before creating the cross-instance environment for VMware Aria Operations, you must add the password for the environment admin account to the locker.

VMware Aria Suite Lifecycle uses the VMware Aria Operations root password only for the VMware Aria Operations deployment. After deploying VMware Aria Operations in a VMware Aria Suite Lifecycle logical environment in VMware Cloud Foundation mode, the root password for the VMware Aria Operations appliances is managed by SDDC Manager. See Password Management Design for VMware Aria Operations for Intelligent Operations Management for VMware Cloud Foundation.

If you have a VMware Aria Automation implementation in your VMware Cloud Foundation environment as another validated solution, you already added the admin password for the VMware Aria Suite Lifecycle cross-instance environment.

UI Procedure

Log in to VMware Aria Suite Lifecycle at https://<aria_suite_lifecycle_fqdn> as vcfadmin@local.
On the My services page, click Locker.
In the navigation pane, click Passwords.
On the Passwords page, click Add.
On the Add password page, configure the VMware Aria Operations root password according to your VMware Cloud Foundation Planning and Preparation Workbook and click Add.
If you have not integrated VMware Aria Automation as another validated solution, repeat the procedure for the admin password for the VMware Aria Suite Lifecycle cross-instance environment.

PowerShell Procedure

Start PowerShell.

Replace the values in the sample code with values from your VMware Cloud Foundation Planning and Preparation Workbook and run the commands in the PowerShell console.

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

$rootPasswordAlias = "xint-vrops-root"
$rootPassword = "VMw@re1!"
$rootUserName = "root"

If you have not integrated VMware Aria Automation as another validated solution, replace the values in the sample code with values for the admin password of the VMware Aria Suite Lifecycle cross-instance environment from your VMware Cloud Foundation Planning and Preparation Workbook and run the commands in the PowerShell console.
```
$xintPasswordAlias = "xint-env-admin"
$xintPassword = "VMw@re1!"
$xintUserName = "admin"
```

Perform the configuration for the VMware Aria Operations root password by running the command in the PowerShell console.

New-vRSLCMLockerPassword -server $sddcManagerFqdn -user $sddcManagerUser -pass $sddcManagerPass -alias $rootPasswordAlias -password $rootPassword -userName $rootUserName

If you have not integrated VMware Aria Automation as another validated solution, perform the configuration for the admin password of the VMware Aria Suite Lifecycle cross-instance environment.
```
New-vRSLCMLockerPassword -server $sddcManagerFqdn -user $sddcManagerUser -pass $sddcManagerPass -alias $xintPasswordAlias -password $xintPassword -userName $xintUserName
```