NSX CLI Guide

Associated Commands:

CLI Description Command

Get API account lockout period


Get the amount of time, in seconds, that an account will remain locked out of the API after exceeding the maximum number of failed authentication attempts.
get auth-policy api lockout-period

Get API account lockout reset period


In order to trigger an account lockout, all authentication failures must occur in this time window. If the reset period exprires, the failed login count is reset to zero.
get auth-policy api lockout-reset-period

Get API maximum authentication faliures


Get the number of failed API authentication attempts that are allowed before the account is locked. If set to 0, account lockout is disabled.
get auth-policy api max-auth-failures

Get CLI account lockout period


Get the amount of time, in seconds, that an account will remain locked out of the CLI after exceeding the maximum number of failed authentication attempts.
get auth-policy cli lockout-period

Get CLI maximum authentication faliures


Get the number of failed CLI authentication attempts that are allowed before the account is locked. If set to 0, account lockout is disabled.
get auth-policy cli max-auth-failures

Get minimum allowable password length


Get the minimum number of characters that passwords must have.
get auth-policy minimum-password-length

Set API account lockout period


Sets the amount of time, in seconds, that an account will remain locked out of the API after exceeding the maximum number of failed authentication attempts.
set auth-policy api lockout-period <lockout-period-arg>

Set API account lockout reset period


In order to trigger an account lockout, all authentication failures must occur in this time window. If the reset period exprires, the failed login count is reset to zero.
set auth-policy api lockout-reset-period <lockout-reset-period-arg>

Set API maximum authentication faliures


Set the number of failed API authentication attempts that are allowed before the account is locked. If set to 0, account lockout is disabled.
set auth-policy api max-auth-failures <auth-failures-arg>

Set CLI account lockout period


Sets the amount of time, in seconds, that an account will remain locked out of the CLI after exceeding the maximum number of failed authentication attempts. While the lockout period is in effect, additional authentication attempts restart the lockout period, even if a valid password is specified.
set auth-policy cli lockout-period <lockout-period-arg>

Set CLI maximum authentication faliures


Set the number of failed CLI authentication attempts that are allowed before the account is locked. If set to 0, account lockout is disabled.
set auth-policy cli max-auth-failures <auth-failures-arg>

Set minimum allowable password length


Set the minimum number of characters that passwords must have. The smallest value that can be set is 8.
set auth-policy minimum-password-length <password-length-arg>

Set auth-policy vidm properties


Set the vidm's properties.
set auth-policy vidm hostname <hostname-or-ip-address> thumbprint <vidm-host-thumbprint-arg> client-id <vidm-client-id-arg> client-secret <vidm-client-secret-arg> node-hostname <hostname-or-ip-address>

Total commands: 13