Change password for vCenter

[khdetw]

After setting up a VMware vCenter host using the configuration wizard, how to you change the password (or username) that it uses to connect to vCenter?

[mcapra]

You could re-run the wizard, otherwise you would likely need to change each service definition individually via the Core Config Manager. The password is passed as an argument to the vCenter script.

Some light reading on how the Core Configuration Manager works:
https://support.nagios.com/kb/article.php?id=539

[dwhitfield]

@khdetw, did you have any other questions or did @mcapra resolve this issue for you?

[khdetw]

I located the file "/usr/local/nagiosxi/etc/components/vmware/NAME_OF_VCENTER_auth.txt" which contains the vCenter username & password in plain text. Looks like editing that file may do it.
Disturbingly, that file is (Was) world readable.

[dwhitfield]

Please go to http://YOURSERVER/nagiosxi/admin/configwizards.php and let us know what version of the VMWare wizard you are running. If it's not 1.6.10, can you upgrade and let us know if it resets the permissions to whatever they were? If it does, I can file a bug.