vmware-esxi-set-password¶

A task to set the ESXi 'root' password to a random value.

This task allows the operator to set an insecure cleartext password value, which will be converted to a SHA512 hash for the machine admin password to be set to.

Alternatively, a unique randomly generated password can be created using the esxi/generate-random-password param set to true.

Warning

This is considered HIGHLY INSECURE as the cleartext password value is recorded on the Machine object in the esxi/insecure-password param.

Objects that Reference vmware-esxi-set-password¶

stages vmware-esxi-set-password in VMWare Support as part of Tasks (declared)

Objects used by vmware-esxi-set-password¶

templates esxi-set-insecure-password.sh.tmpl in field Templates[0].ID as value esxi-set-insecure-password.sh.tmpl