Sometimes we may forget the password for the “nutanix” user used to access the Move Web GUI console. It’s important to know that the Nutanix user is an application user for Move, and not related to Move-vm. The “passwd nutanix” command is ineffective in resetting the password, hence a manual process needs to be followed as explained below.
Changing the nutanix Web GUI Password
Login as admin into the Move appliance VM
Username: admin
Password: nutanix/4u (it is the default for newly setup Move VM)
[admin@nutanix-move:~]rs
[sudo] password for admin: (use same default password)
Change the login to root user by running the “rs” command
[admin@nutanix-move:~]rs
[sudo] password for admin: (use same default password)
Run the command: /opt/xtract-vm/bin/cli-linux-amd64 and provide username nutanix when prompted.
root@move on ~ $ /opt/xtract-vm/bin/cli-linux-amd64
Welcome to the Nutanix 'Nutanix-Move' version 3.0.2
Connecting to 'Nutanix-Move'; hostname/IP address localhost
Enter username for Nutanix-Move : nutanix
Storing logs in directory /tmp/move
localhost (Nutanix-Move) »
Once you are in the Nutanix-move shell, run the command password reset as shown below, and can set a new password for nutanix user:
localhost (Nutanix-Move) » password reset
Enter new password for 'Nutanix-Move' user nutanix(0):
Reenter password for 'Nutanix-Move' user nutanix(0):
Successfully reset the password [OK]
localhost (Nutanix-Move) » exit
Exiting…
Now you will be able to access Move GUI web page with a new password.
We have successfully reset the nutanix GUI user.
We can reset the admin user password using the
passwd admin
