Sticky Bit Configuration Files

You can use ESXCLI and the ESXi Configuration Store CLI to manage configuration settings that were part of sticky bit configuration files before ESXi 7.0 Update 3.

The following table contains the file paths to sticky bit files that were used before ESXi 7.0 Update 3, the configuration area of each file, and the commands you can use to manage the corresponding configuration settings.

Configuration Area	File Path	Commands
Hostd	/etc/vmware/hostd/config.xml /etc/vmware/hostd/probe-config.xml /etc/vmware/cpservices/esxtoken/config.xml	You can run the following ESXi Configuration Store CLI commands in the ESXi Shell. /bin/configstorecli config current get -c esx -g services -k hostd -outfile tmp.json /bin/configstorecli config current set -c esx -g services -k hostd -infile tmp.json /bin/configstorecli config current get -c esx -g services -k hostd_probe -outfile tmp.json /bin/configstorecli config current set -c esx -g services -k hostd_probe -infile tmp.json /bin/configstorecli config current get -c esx -g services -k esx_tokend -outfile tmp.json /bin/configstorecli config current set -c esx -g services -k esx_tokend -infile tmp.json Note: You must restart the service after running the commands. You can check all possible Hostd settings by providing the configuration store schema in JSON format by running the following command. /bin/configstorecli schema get -c esx -g services -k hostd
Hostd	/etc/passwd /etc/shadow /etc/group	You can modify local accounts by using esxcli system account commands.
Hostd	/etc/vmware/lockdown.conf /etc/vmware/hostd/authorization.xml	You can modify permissions by using esxcli system permission commands.
vpxa	etc/vmware/vpxa/vpxa.cfg	You can retrieve the current configuration by running the following ESXi Configuration Store CLI command. configstorecli config current get -c esx -g services -k vpxa -outfile a.json Note: If you do not specify the outfile parameter, the result is written to standard output. You can modify the current configuration by performing the following steps. Retrieve the a.json file. configstorecli config current get -c esx -g services -k vpxa -outfile a.json Edit the a.json file to modify the values of the properties you want to update. Update the a.json file. configstorecli config current set -c esx -g services -k vpxa -infile a.json Restart the vpxa service. /etc/init.d/vpxa restart
ntp	/etc/ntp.conf	esxcli system ntp config get esxcli system ntp set
ptp	/etc/ptp.conf	esxcli system ptp get esxcli system ptp set esxcli network ip interface tag add
networking	/etc/hosts	esxcli network ip hosts list esxcli network ip hosts add esxcli network ip hosts list remove
networking	/etc/resolv.conf	You can access DNS information by using esxcli network ip dns commands.