box293_check_vmware vCenter Server Credentials

[hillhealthcenter]

Hello Nagios Family!

I'm following the box293_check_vmware manual to configure NagiosXI to monitor our vCenter environment.

I've followed the steps in the document with success until I got stuck on page 10 under at:
vCenter Server Credentials
Type ~/box293_check_vmware.pl --server 192.168.zzz.zzz --check vCenter_Name_Version and press Enter
When I enter the command I get prompted for a password.

I found another forum thread for a similar issue. However, the steps in the thread didn't solve my issue.

[ssax]

Hello!

Did you run this command with the proper information? Did it output any errors at all? That command stores the credentials.

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/usr/lib/vmware-vcli/apps/general/credstore_admin.pl add --server 192.168.X.X --username YOURUSERNAME --password "YOURPASSWORD"

Does the password have any special characters like $ or !? If so, you might try using single quotes around your password instead of double:

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/usr/lib/vmware-vcli/apps/general/credstore_admin.pl add --server 192.168.X.X --username YOURUSERNAME --password 'YOURPASSWORD'

[hillhealthcenter]

ssax, thanks for getting back to me.

Yes, I checked several times that I ran the command correctly. Does matter that I'm using a domain user account (ex. [email protected]) vs. local user account to connect to vCenter?

I'm using an alpha numeric password (no special characters). But I modified the credentials to see if single quotes or double quotes would work anyway. It didn't matter.

[tgriep]

You may have to use a local account to login to this but tale a look at page 27 of the document about using the --username and --password arguments and also to check the credentials repository.

[hillhealthcenter]

*Update* Close Thread Please

A colleague of mine (Ryan Hurley) discovered that the behavior was caused by too many (more than one bad) entries in the credstore.