vCenter Appliance VAMI root password change via PowerCLI

[sully7404]

Hello Everyone!

I'm trying to set all my vCenter's root VAMI passwords to the same password. I'm trying to figure out a way to do this via PowerCLI so I don't have to login to each VAMI. I'd like to be able to just run a script that would update all the passwords to all my vCenters all at the same time. I'm not finding much online. Could the vCenter REST APIs be used for this? I wasn't finding anything specific. 

thanks!

sully7404

[William Lam]

Yes, VAMI is part of the Appliance REST API available in vCenter Server. Take a look at https://developer.vmware.com/docs/vsphere-automation/latest/appliance/appliance/local_accounts/ which can be automated using PowerCLI and the Cis* cmdlets which maps to these and other REST APIs

[sully7404]

I didn’t have much luck but I’m sure it’s because I’m not doing something right. The syntax seemed to be outdated.

[b.w]

did you tried the function "update-vamiuser" in https://github.com/vmware/PowerCLI-Example-Scripts/blob/master/Modules/VAMI/VAMI.psm1 ?

[RonaldMartens]

Yes I've tried that one(https://github.com/vmware/PowerCLI-Example-Scripts/blob/master/Modules/VAMI/VAMI.psm1) and still working on that one too.

Also are looking at the REST api https://developer.vmware.com/apis/vsphere-automation/latest/appliance/appliance/local_accounts/ but cannot seem to get it to automatically recycle the VAMI root password.

[RonaldMartens]

Hi sully7404,

Did you already find a method to change te VAMI root password with PowerClI?

[sully7404]

Unfortunately not. I ended up just logging into each. I played with some syntax but was never successful with it.