Appliance LocalAccounts Policy Info
The Appliance LocalAccounts Policy Info schema defines the global password policy.
This schema was added in vSphere API 6.7.
{
"max_days": 0,
"min_days": 0,
"warn_days": 0,
"prior_password_remember_count": 0,
"failed_attempt_count_before_account_lockout": 0,
"length_of_lockout_period_in_seconds": 0,
"fail_interval_between_attempts": 0,
"minimum_length": 0,
"minimum_uppercase_char_count": 0,
"minimum_lowercase_char_count": 0,
"minimum_numerics_char_count": 0,
"minimum_special_char_count": 0,
"managed_at_fleet": false
}Maximum number of days a password may be used. If the password is older than this, a password change will be forced.
This property was added in vSphere API 6.7.
If missing or null then the restriction will be ignored. This updates the global settings for the new users as well as the existing users. To update the settings for a particular user, PATCH /api/appliance/local-accounts/{username} API can be used
Minimum number of days allowed between password changes. Any password changes attempted sooner than this will be rejected.
This property was added in vSphere API 6.7.
If missing or null then the restriction will be ignored. This updates the global settings for the new users as well as the existing users. To update the settings for a particular user, PATCH /api/appliance/local-accounts/{username} API can be used
Number of days warning given before a password expires. A zero means warning is given only upon the day of expiration.
This property was added in vSphere API 6.7.
If missing or null then no warning will be provided. This updates the global settings for the new users as well as the existing users. To update the settings for a particular user, PATCH /api/appliance/local-accounts/{username} API can be used
The number of prior passwords for the user to be remembered by the vCenter appliance in order for the appliance to assess non-repetition.
This property was added in vSphere API 9.1.0.0.
If missing or null then no warning will be provided.
Threshold Number of consecutive authentication failures for the user during the recent interval before the account is locked out.
This property was added in vSphere API 9.1.0.0.
If missing or null then no warning will be provided
The access will be reenabled after n seconds after the lock out.
This property was added in vSphere API 9.1.0.0.
If missing or null then no warning will be provided
The length of the interval during which the consecutive authentication failures must happen for the user account lock out
This property was added in vSphere API 9.1.0.0.
If missing or null then the restriction will be ignored.
Minimum number of the characters needed in the password.
This property was added in vSphere API 9.1.0.0.
If missing or null then the restriction will be ignored.
Minimum number of upper case characters needed in the password.
This property was added in vSphere API 9.1.0.0.
If missing or null then the restriction will be ignored.
Minimum number of lower case characters needed in the password.
This property was added in vSphere API 9.1.0.0.
If missing or null then the restriction will be ignored.
Minimum number of numeric characters needed in the password.
This property was added in vSphere API 9.1.0.0.
If missing or null then the restriction will be ignored.
Minimum number of special characters needed in the password.
This property was added in vSphere API 9.1.0.0.
If missing or null then the restriction will be ignored.
Whether the password policy is managed at fleet or not.
This property was added in vSphere API 9.1.0.0.
If missing or null then the password policy is not fleet managed