I am using content pack validator to publish the content pack. And I was able to publish it as per the pop up screen. As a next step it is trying to get logs from vRLI using ssh. That needs root user to be created as per below doc. However, I am not able to change the password on vCRLI console as suggested in the doc. Can I do this on the vRLI web interface? OR is there any other way to do this.
The console does't even take the admin credentials which I use it for WEB UI.
Any help here would be appreciated.
Hi,
I am not sure what procedure you are following to set the root password, but please try these steps. (Assuming you have never set the root user password)
On the console (CLI) of the master node:
Type root for username
Hit Enter
Hit Enter again
Now type a new password
And the hit Enter
Re-type the new password and Hit enter
If someone else has setup this VM for you , you will need to ask them for the root user password, incase they have set the password. The root user is on the vApp and creating a root user in web UI or using web UI admin user will NOT work on the CLI.
If whoever setup the root password does not remember it or you are unable to access it, then you will need to reset the root user password using these steps: ( you might have tried this already)
Once you are able to login as root, you will need to execute these steps from command line to gather the data. There is no way to gather LI data from the Web UI today.
mkdir /storage/var/buckets; cd /storage/var/buckets; loginsight-dump-repo.sh 3; cd ..; tar cfz buckets.tar.gz buckets
What version of Log Insight? What happens when you try to login at the Log Insight console? What happens when you try to change the password from the console? How long ago was the Log Insight node deployed (as this will intersect with /etc/login.defs password expiry)?
Thanks for the reply...
- I am on Version 3.0.0-3021606. Installed may be 2 months back, license is current.
- When I try to login on console with root, it ask for password.And as said in the doc I just try to give blank password it says incorrect password. After few attempts it said you are locked out due to multiple attempt.
BTW, I created root username using WEB UI which did't work for validator to do SSH and get the logs. And then I deleted the root user from WEB UI an went to console. That's were I was not able change password for try root.
Is there anyway I can reset this back...? OR is there a way to get the logs?
Hi,
I am not sure what procedure you are following to set the root password, but please try these steps. (Assuming you have never set the root user password)
On the console (CLI) of the master node:
Type root for username
Hit Enter
Hit Enter again
Now type a new password
And the hit Enter
Re-type the new password and Hit enter
If someone else has setup this VM for you , you will need to ask them for the root user password, incase they have set the password. The root user is on the vApp and creating a root user in web UI or using web UI admin user will NOT work on the CLI.
If whoever setup the root password does not remember it or you are unable to access it, then you will need to reset the root user password using these steps: ( you might have tried this already)
Once you are able to login as root, you will need to execute these steps from command line to gather the data. There is no way to gather LI data from the Web UI today.
mkdir /storage/var/buckets; cd /storage/var/buckets; loginsight-dump-repo.sh 3; cd ..; tar cfz buckets.tar.gz buckets
Thanks a lot Yogitap..The root password recovery worked..I appreciate your help...
You are welcome, happy to help ![]()
