It is recommended to rotate the NSX and vCenter Service Account passwords used every 90 days at a minimum. Admins must update the respective user credential object on the Controller when these Service Account passwords are rotated.

Caution:

As of VCF version 5.2, this functionality has been natively implemented as part of the SDDC Manager workflows. Please refer to Managing Avi Load Balancer in VMware Cloud Foundation for more information.

Prerequisites

User credential objects should be created on the Controller (Refer to Create Credential Objects on VMware NSX Advanced Load Balancer section).

Procedure

  1. Rotate the vCenter service account password used for the Controller cluster.

  2. In a web browser, log in to the Controller cluster VIP by using https://sfo-m01-avic01.sfo.rainpole.io/.

  3. Login as the local admin user.

  4. Navigate to Administration > User Credentials, select the vCenter user credential and click on Edit.

  5. Update the Password and click on Save.

  6. Rotate the NSX-T Manager service aAccount password used for Avi Controler cluster.

  7. In a web browser, log in to the Controller cluster VIP by using https://sfo-m01-avic01.sfo.rainpole.io/. Login as the local admin user.

  8. Navigate to Administration > User Credentials, select the NSX-T User Credential and click on Edit.

  9. Update the Password and click on Save.