Consistency in user names and passwords would be nice, but unfortunately that isn’t always the case. While setting up VMware’s vCenter, vCOPS and vShield recently I came across a few default logins / passwords worth jotting down for reference:
VMware vCenter Operations Manager: UI VM console login
Admin account: admin
Password: admin
root account: root
Password: vmware
VMware vCenter Operations Manager: Web GUI login
User: admin
Password: admin
VMware vCenter appliance login (same for both local console and Web GUI):
User: root
Password: vmware
vCenter appliance URL for initial access and configuration
https://[vCenter IP]:5480
vCenter appliance URL for normal web access (the web client: alternative to using the vSphere client)
https://[vCenter IP]:9443
vShield Manager console:
User: admin
Password: default