Get-PasswordPolicyDefault¶

Synopsis¶

Get password policy default settings.

Syntax¶

All (Default)¶

Get-PasswordPolicyDefault -version <String> [<CommonParameters>]

json¶

Get-PasswordPolicyDefault [-generateJson] -version <String> [-jsonFile <String>] [-force <Switch>] [<CommonParameters>]

Description¶

The Get-PasswordPolicyDefault cmdlet returns the default password policy settings, it can also be used to generate the base JSON file used with Password Policy Manager.

Default settings for VMware products include:

VMware SDDC Manager
VMware ESXi
VMware vCenter Single Sign-On
VMware vCenter Server
VMware NSX Manager
VMware NSX Edge
VMware Workspace ONE Access

Examples¶

Example 1¶

Get-PasswordPolicyDefault -version '5.0.0.0'

This example returns the default password policy settings for the VMware Cloud Foundation version 5.0.0.0.

Example 2¶

Get-PasswordPolicyDefault -generateJson -jsonFile passwordPolicyConfig.json -version '5.0.0.0'

This example creates a JSON file named passwordPolicyConfig.json with the default password policy settings for the given version of VMware Cloud Foundation.

Example 3¶

Get-PasswordPolicyDefault -generateJson -jsonFile passwordPolicyConfig.json -version '5.0.0.0' -force

This example creates a JSON file named passwordPolicyConfig.json with the default password policy settings for the given version of VMware Cloud Foundation. If passwordPolicyConfig.json is already present, it is overwritten due to 'force' parameter.

Parameters¶

-generateJson¶

Switch to generate a JSON file.

Type: SwitchParameter
Parameter Sets: json
Aliases:

Required: False
Position: Named
Default value: False
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

-version¶

The VMware Cloud Foundation version to get policy defaults for the JSON file.

Type: String
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases:

Required: True
Position: Named
Default value: 5.0.0
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

-jsonFile¶

The name of the JSON file to generate.

Type: String
Parameter Sets: json
Aliases:

Required: True
Position: Named
Default value: None
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

-force¶

The switch used to overwrite the JSON file if already exists.

Type: Switch
Parameter Sets: json
Aliases:

Required: False
Position: Named
Default value: None
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

Common Parameters¶

This cmdlet supports the common parameters: -Debug, -ErrorAction, -ErrorVariable, -InformationAction, -InformationVariable, -OutVariable, -OutBuffer, -PipelineVariable, -Verbose, -WarningAction, and -WarningVariable. For more information, see about_CommonParameters.