Set Policy
If vSphere APIs begin with /rest, maps are consumed and emitted as lists of objects containing a key:value pair.
Set the global password policy.
Request
URLURL
https://{api_host}/rest/appliance/local-accounts/global-policy
Header Parameters
Header Parameters
| Required | Parameter Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| required |
|
string | Required session ID, obtained by first calling Create Session API |
Request Body
Request Body
Contains LocalAccountsPolicySetRequestBody
of type application/json
(required)
{
"policy": {
"max_days": 0,
"min_days": 0,
"warn_days": 0
}
}| Required | Property Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| required | policy | LocalAccountsPolicyInfo |
Global password policy |
cURL Command
curl -X PUT -H "vmware-api-session-id: b00db39f948d13ea1e59b4d6fce56389" -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d '{"policy":{"max_days":0,"min_days":0,"warn_days":0}}' https://{api_host}/rest/appliance/local-accounts/global-policy
Errors
| Code | Returns | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 400 | ErrorRest | com.vmware.vapi.std.errors.invalid_argument : if passed policy values are < -1 or > 99999 |
| 404 | ErrorRest | com.vmware.vapi.std.errors.error : Generic error |
| default | ErrorRest | Not available |
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Policy Operations
get
put
