Obscure vSphere Password

Starting with the 8.0.3 version of the vSphere Plugin, it is now possible to obscure the vSphere password in the vsphere_global.conf file. The obscured password field is called hpassword.

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The bconsole @encode command can be used to generate the obscured password. Note that if the string you want to encode contains “=”, you must use the string= keyword in the command.

# /opt/bacula/bin/bconsole
* @encode vspherepassword
MTEyOjEyNzoGAwAYFQIVABEDAwcfAhQA

* @encode string="passwordwith="
NTMwOjU0Mzpic2FhZX1gdmV7ZnovAA

# cat /opt/bacula/etc/vsphere_global.conf
[vsphere]
    username = root
    hpassword = MTEyOjEyNzoGAwAYFQIVABEDAwcfAhQA
    server = 192.168.0.1
    url = https://192.168.0.1/sdk
    thumbprint = 01:F5:0F:10:82:59:EF:2D:DB:96:CC:5B:C4:66:33:83:DC:91:AF:01

See also

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• Automated Configuration

• Manual Configuration

• Using Multiple vSphere Servers

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• vsphere_global.conf Options

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