VMWare ESXi

The VMware ESXi is a type-1 hypervisor that is used for the hardware virtualization. You can enable password check-out feature to access the ESXi server.

Privileged Access Manager bundles the VMWare Infrastructure Java API to communicate with VMware ESXi server. The default location to VMWare Infrastructure Java API is /opt/netiq/npum/service/local/cmdctrl/lib/ (for Linux) and c:\Program Files\npum\opt\netiq\npum\service\local\cmdctrl\lib (for Windows).

To enable credential checkout on ESXi, you can add the rules by using the ESX policy template.

Follow the procedure, after importing the vault:

General:

In the General tab, enter the name, example: DOM-APP_ESXi. Click Next.

Connection Details:

  • Application Type: Enter the application type as ESXi.

  • Host Name/IP Address: Enter either the host name or the IP address of the ESXi machine.

  • Port: Enter the port number as 443.

  • SSL: Enable or disable by moving the button to the left or to the right.

  • Password Change on Check in:

    Based on the following selection the password of the application will be changed automatically every time a credential is checked in.

    • Never

      You can use this option if you do not want to change the password after every credential check-in.

    • Delegate to Identity Manager

      If you want to delegate the password check-in process to Identity Manager, select Delegate to Identity manager. Once a resource is created in Identity Manager, it gets synced to Privileged Access Manager. Resource permission is created in Privileged Access Manager but during check in and checkout password is rotated and handled by Identity Manager Driver Implementation guide on the PAM documentation page.

      NOTE:Although the latest IDM driver version is 4.8.x, ensure that you use 4.5.x version of the IDM driver package, as 4.5.x version is currently supported with Privileged Access Manager.

      NOTE:Before you delegate password check-in to Identity Manager ensure that both the Privileged Access Manager IDM driver and database driver are operational.

    • By Script

      Enter the ESXi script in the text box provided.

    • Select the appropriate Password Policy that must be used when Privileged Access Manager generates a new password. By default Default Password Policy is selected. You can either modify the default password policy or create a new password policy.

      • User Name

      • Password

    • Reconcile Account: Select based on the account.

  • Script Arguments:

  • In the Extended Attributes tab, click +Define and select the relevant attributes from the list.