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2 Open the password.properties file in a text editor.
3 Delete the content of the file.
4 Add the following line to the password.properties file.
vmware=92963abd36c896b93a36b8e296ff3387
5 Save the password.properties file.
6 Restart the vCenter Orchestrator Configuration service.
You can log in to the Orchestrator configuration interface with the default credentials.
n
User name: vmware
n
Password: vmware
Password Encryption and Hashing Mechanism
Orchestrator utilizes PBE with MD5 and DES encryption mechanism to encode the stored passwords used to
connect to the database, LDAP, and Orchestrator servers.
Table 6-1. Encryption and Hashing Algorithms in Orchestrator
Algorithm Description
Password Based Encryption (part of Java 2 SDK 1.4) Generates an encryption key from a password. PBE stores
and checks the hash value of the password. For more
information, see the Java Cryptography Extension Reference
Guide on java.sun.com.
Message Digest 5 algorithm Generates a 128-bit cryptographic message digest value,
usually expressed as a 32 digit hexadecimal number.
Data Encryption Standard Applies a 56-bit key to each 64-bit block of data.
Change the Default Configuration Ports on the Orchestrator Client Side
If you change the default network ports in the Orchestrator configuration interface, your changes are applied
only on the Orchestrator server side. To connect to the server with the client, you must change the configuration
of all Orchestrator client instances or connect to the server by using your Orchestrator server DNS name or IP
address followed by the new lookup port number.
The main port to communicate with the Orchestrator server is the lookup port. The Orchestrator client
discovers all other ports through this port. If you change the default lookup port value in the Orchestrator
configuration interface after you install the Orchestrator client instances, you can add a vmo.properties
configuration file for each Orchestrator client instance and define the new lookup port by adding the
ch.dunes.net.jboss-server.port system property.
Procedure
1 Log in as an administrator on the machine where the Orchestrator client is installed.
2 Navigate to the apps folder.
Option Action
If you installed Orchestrator with the
vCenter Server installer
Go to
install_directory \VMware\Infrastructure\Orchestrator\apps.
If you installed the standalone
version of Orchestrator
Go to install_directory \VMware\Orchestrator\apps.
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