VMware ESXi Change Password Policy

In this post, I describe how you can change the VMware ESXi password policy.


By default, a password with three different character classes is required.  I wanted to weaken this as I'm in a test environment and I want everything to have a simple password.  This post also describes how you can strengthen the password policy.


Resolution

To change the ESXi password policy:

1. Login to the ESXi administration user interface in the web browser.

2. Press Manage under Host

3. Search for Security.PasswordQualityControl in Advanced settings

4. Edit the option to the value required (this article explains the syntax https://linux.die.net/man/8/pam_passwdqc)

Screenshot of VMware ESXi Password Quality Control option

On my test environment, I changed mine to min=7,7,7,7,7 which allows a weak password.

This article contains more information on how you can enforce stronger passwords or use pass phrases: https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-vSphere/7.0/com.vmware.vsphere.security.doc/GUID-DC96FFDB-F5F2-43EC-8C73-05ACDAE6BE43.html


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