How to Show Platform Services Controller Passwords via the SDDC Manager CLI

There is a useful command available in VCF 3.10 that will list Platform Services Controller component root passwords that have been saved in the SDDC Manager internal database.

Step 1: Log into the SDDC Manager and su to root, then run the following command:

curl http://localhost/credentials-service/credentials | json_pp

You will get the following output:

This can be a very useful tool for recovering lost passwords, or can be used to help troubleshoot communications issues between the PSC`s and the SDDC Manager.