Symptoms
Cloud Foundation Builder VM remains locked after more than 15 minutes
Diagnosis
The VMware Imaging Appliance (VIA) locks out the admin user after three unsuccessful login attempts. Normally, the lockout is reset after fifteen minutes but the underlying Cloud Foundation Builder VM does not automatically reset
Solution
Workaround: Log in to the VM console of the Cloud Foundation Builder VM as the root user. Unlock the account by resetting the password of the admin user with the following command.
pam_tally2 --user=<user> --reset