By Martijn Baecke, VMware Senior Consultant
Deploying and managing a vCNS Edge device with vCloud Director is a pretty easy task. You just spin up the appliance, integrate it with vCenter and then hook it up to vCloud Director. Piece of vCAC!
I was trying to dig deeper into the structure of how vCNS Edge devices work and wanted to log in to the Edge device itself. The only problem was fact that I couldn’t log into console of the Edge appliance that was deployed by vCNS manager on my virtual infrastructure. Thankfully, the vCNS Manager interface provides you with the possibility to reset the password.
To reset the password and be able to log into the vCNS Edge device:
1. Log into the vCNS web interface.
2. At “View:” in the left corner, select Edges.
3. Select the Edge Gateway you want to log into.
4. Click Actions and select Change CLI Credentials.
This allows you to set the password for the “admin” account. With these credentials you can login to the vCNS Edge device.
Martijn Baecke is a Senior Consultant for VMware Professional Services in Northern EMEA. He has 10+ years experience in advising and consulting with large enterprise companies around IT infrastructure. He is a VMware Certified Design eXpert (VCDX #103) and you can find more insights on his personal blog, Think©Loud.
