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Publish-VcenterLocalAccountLockout

Synopsis

Publish account lockout policy for each vCenter Server for a workload domain or all workload domains.

Syntax

All-WorkloadDomains

Publish-VcenterLocalAccountLockout -server <String> -user <String> -pass <String> [-allDomains] [-drift] [-reportPath <String>] [-policyFile <String>] [-json] [<CommonParameters>]

Specific-WorkloadDomain

Publish-VcenterLocalAccountLockout -server <String> -user <String> -pass <String> -workloadDomain <String> [-drift] [-reportPath <String>] [-policyFile <String>] [-json] [<CommonParameters>]

Description

The Publish-VcenterLocalAccountLockout cmdlet returns account lockout policy for an SDDC Manager. The cmdlet connects to SDDC Manager using the -server, -user, and -pass values:

  • Validates that network connectivity and authentication is possible to SDDC Manager
  • Validates that network connectivity and authentication is possible to vCenter Server
  • Collects password account lockout for each vCenter Server

Examples

Example 1

Publish-VcenterLocalAccountLockout -server sfo-vcf01.sfo.rainpole.io -user admin@local -pass VMw@re1!VMw@re1! -allDomains

This example returns password account lockout for each vCenter Server for all workload domains.

Example 2

Publish-VcenterLocalAccountLockout -server sfo-vcf01.sfo.rainpole.io -user admin@local -pass VMw@re1!VMw@re1! -workloadDomain sfo-w01

This example returns password account lockout for a vCenter Server.

Example 3

Publish-VcenterLocalAccountLockout -server sfo-vcf01.sfo.rainpole.io -user admin@local -pass VMw@re1!VMw@re1! -workloadDomain sfo-w01 -drift -reportPath "F:\Reporting" -policyFile "passwordPolicyConfig.json"

This example returns password account lockout for a vCenter Server and checks the configuration drift using the provided configuration JSON.

Example 4

Publish-VcenterLocalAccountLockout -server sfo-vcf01.sfo.rainpole.io -user admin@local -pass VMw@re1!VMw@re1! -workloadDomain sfo-w01 -drift

This example returns password account lockout for a vCenter Server and compares the configuration against the product defaults.

Parameters

-server

The fully qualified domain name of the SDDC Manager instance.

Type: String
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases:

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

-user

The username to authenticate to the SDDC Manager instance.

Type: String
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases:

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

-pass

The password to authenticate to the SDDC Manager instance.

Type: String
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases:

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

-allDomains

Switch to publish the policy for all workload domains.

Type: SwitchParameter
Parameter Sets: All-WorkloadDomains
Aliases:

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

-workloadDomain

Switch to publish the policy for a specific workload domain.

Type: String
Parameter Sets: Specific-WorkloadDomain
Aliases:

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

-drift

Switch to compare the current configuration against the product defaults or a JSON file.

Type: SwitchParameter
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases:

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

-reportPath

The path to save the policy report.

Type: String
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases:

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

-policyFile

The path to the policy configuration file.

Type: String
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases:

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

-json

Switch to publish the policy in JSON format.

Type: SwitchParameter
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases:

Required: False
Position: Named
Default value: False
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.