NSX CLI Guide

add user audit [username <username>][full-name <full-name>] [password <node-password>] [password-expiration-frequency <days>] [password-expiration-warning <days>] [password-reset-required]

Re-create audit user if it was removed. By default status for re-created audit user will be NOT_ACTIVATED and administrator will require to explicitly activate audit user. When password is specified with command, status for re-created audit user will be ACTIVE.

Parameters:

Option Description
<password-expiration-warn-days> Number of days password warn messages before change (1 - 9999)
<password-expiration-days> Number of days password valid after change (1 - 9999)
<password> Password of user
<full-name> Full name of the user
<username> Local user username argument
Allowed pattern: ^((?!audit$).)+$


Example:

nsx-manager> add user audit username audit_user full-name "Audit User" password Str0ng_Pwd!Wins$ nsx-manager> or nsx-manager> add user audit password-expiration-frequency 90 password-reset-required nsx-manager> or nsx-manager> add user audit password Str0ng_Pwd!Wins$ password-expiration-warning 7 nsx-manager>

Mode:

Basic

Availability: