Extend the NSX-T default 90 days password-expiration policy
From Iwan
NSX-T has the default password policy that you need to change the "admin" password after 90 days. This can be annoying when you have a lab environment and need to change this every three months. In this article, I will show you how to extend the days your password is valid.
NSX–T Manager
You can set the policy to 9999 days with the following commands:
NSX CLI (Manager, Policy, Controller 2.4.1.0.0.13716579). Press ? for command list or enter: help ih-dc1-nsxm-01-2> get user admin password-expiration Password expires 90 days after last change ih-dc1-nsxm-01-2> set user admin password-expiration 9999 ih-dc1-nsxm-01-2> get user admin password-expiration Password expires 9999 days after last change ih-dc1-nsxm-01-2>
NSX–T Edge
When you change to extend the password-expiration on the NSX-T Manager this is NOT automatically pushed to the Edge (VM). So we also need to do this in the Edges.
NSX CLI (Edge 2.4.1.0.0.13716583). Press ? for command list or enter: help ih-dc1-edgen-02> get user admin password-expiration Password expires 90 days after last change ih-dc1-edgen-02> set user admin password-expiration 9999 ih-dc1-edgen-02> get user admin password-expiration Password expires 9999 days after last change ih-dc1-edgen-02>
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