Appendix: Default Password Policy Settings for Private Cloud Automationfor VMware Cloud Foundation

The appendix aggregates the default password policy settings for VMware Aria Automation. You can use this password policy settings list for reference when you perform password management.

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Table 1. Default Password Expiration Policy for VMware Aria Automation

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

Table 2. Password Complexity Policy for VMware Aria Automation

Setting	Default	Description
dcredit	-	Minimum number of numerical characters required.
ucredit	-	Minimum number of uppercase characters required.
lcredit	-	Minimum number of lowercase characters required.
ocredit	-	Minimum number of special characters required.
minlen	8	Minimum total number of characters required.
minclass	-	Minimum number of character classes required (e.g., uppercase, lowercase, numerical, special.)
difok	1	Minimum number of unique characters different from the previous password.
retry	3	Maximum number of retries allowed.
maxrepeat	-	Maximum number of sequential characters allowed.
remember	10	Maximum number of previous passwords remembered.

Table 3. Default Account Lockout Policy for VMware Aria Automation

Setting	Default	Description
deny	3	Maximum number of authentication failures before the account is locked
unlock_time	600	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