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Dell PowerFlex Appliance with PowerFlex 4.x Administration Guide

Update a credential in PowerFlex Manager

If the password for a resource or component is manually changed outside of PowerFlex Manager, you must update the credential in PowerFlex Manager with the new password.

Prerequisites

To modify the SSH keys of a PowerFlex node, switch, OS, admin OS user, generate SSH keys of RSA type and ensure the key is generated without passphrase. See Related information for more information.

About this task

If you change the password for a resource, you must update all similar resources (for example, element manager, node, switches, or VMware vCenter) to have the same password.

Steps

  1. Log in to PowerFlex Manager.
  2. On the menu bar, click Settings > Security. Under Security, click Resource Credentials.
  3. On the Resource Credentials page, select the resource whose password you want to edit, and click Modify.
  4. In the Edit Resource Credentials dialog box, perform the following to import new SSH keys:
    1. Generate the SSH key pairs.
    2. Click Import existing key.
    3. Click Import SSH Key Pair.
    4. Click Choose File and browse to the file that contains your public and private key.
    5. Type a name for the Key Pair Name field.
    6. Click Import.
    7. Click Save.
  5. Click Save.
  6. On the menu bar, click Lifecycle > Resource Groups and select the deployed service that contains the resource whose password is updated.
  7. Under More Actions, click Update Resource Group Details.

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