Paul Bryant • 7/30/2026

Resetting the admin@local Password on the VMware Cloud Foundation 9 Installer

This article provides a detailed runbook for recovering the admin@local password on the VMware Cloud Foundation 9 Installer appliance. It explains the importance of this account for UI access and API token generation, especially during deployment bring-up. The guide covers symptoms, prerequisites, and a step-by-step recovery flow for cases where SSH access with the vcf account and root elevation are still available, but the UI login fails. It emphasizes avoiding random file edits and unnecessary redeployments, and clarifies that this is not for recovering other credentials like vCenter SSO or NSX.

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