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
| Account |
Password |
| admin |
admin |
| root |
vmware |
Web GUI Login
| User |
Password |
| admin |
admin |
VMware vCenter Appliance
Login Credentials
Same for both local console and Web GUI
| User |
Password |
| root |
vmware |
Access URLs
| Purpose |
URL |
| Initial access and configuration |
https://[vCenter IP]:5480 |
| Normal web access (web client) |
https://[vCenter IP]:9443 |
vShield Manager Console
| User |
Password |
| admin |
default |