Request-SddcManagerPasswordComplexity¶

Synopsis¶

Retrieves the password complexity policy for an SDDC Manager.

Syntax¶

Request-SddcManagerPasswordComplexity -server <String> -user <String> -pass <String> -rootPass <String> [-drift] [-reportPath <String>] [-policyFile <String>] [<CommonParameters>]

Description¶

The Request-SddcManagerPasswordComplexity cmdlet retrieves the password complexity 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
Retrieves the password complexity policy

Examples¶

Example 1¶

Request-SddcManagerPasswordComplexity -server sfo-vcf01.sfo.rainpole.io -user admin@local -pass VMw@re1!VMw@re1! -rootPass VMw@re1!

This example retrieves the password complexity policy for an SDDC Manager.

Example 2¶

Request-SddcManagerPasswordComplexity -server sfo-vcf01.sfo.rainpole.io -user admin@local -pass VMw@re1!VMw@re1! -rootPass VMw@re1! -drift -reportPath "F:\Reporting" -policyFile "passwordPolicyConfig.json"

This example retrieves the password complexity policy for an SDDC Manager and compares the configuration against passwordPolicyConfig.json.

Example 3¶

Request-SddcManagerPasswordComplexity -server sfo-vcf01.sfo.rainpole.io -user admin@local -pass VMw@re1!VMw@re1! -rootPass VMw@re1! -drift

This example retrieves the password complexity policy for an SDDC Manager 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

-rootPass¶

The password for the SDDC Manager appliance root account.

Type: String
Parameter Sets: (All)
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 password policy file to compare against.

Type: String
Parameter Sets: (All)
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.