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Enabling the use of a non-root user for hot cloning of a Linux source machine (1008164)

Last Updated: 5/3/2020Categories: How toTotal Views: 84544Language:
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By default, VMware vCenter Converter Standalone requires a root login to the source machine for Linux conversion tasks. However, you can also use non-root credentials after enabling the use of sudo and modifying the source machine to allow the sudo command to be executed.

Solution

1. Enable the use of sudo during conversion of Linux source machines.

Browse for the converter-agent.xml and converter-worker.xml files in the following locations:

If Converter Standalone runs on a Windows system, go to %ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Application Data\VMware\VMware vCenter Converter Standalone\ or C:\ProgramData\VMware\VMware vCenter Converter Standalone

Open the converter-agent.xml file in a text editor and change the useSudo flag from false to true.

Open the converter-worker.xml file in a text editor and change the useSudo flag from false to true.

Restart Converter Standalone services:

To restart the Converter Standalone Worker, open the Services section in the Microsoft Management Console, find the VMware Converter Standalone Worker service and restart.

If Converter Standalone Agent runs on a Windows platform, open the Services section in the Microsoft Management Console, find the VMware Converter Standalone Agent and restart it.

Alternatively, instead of restarting Converter Standalone agent, you can reboot the system to make the changes to converter-agent.xml take effect.

2. Set up the source machine to allow the sudo command to be executed without prompting for a password, and without requiring a real tty, for example:

Add the following entry to /etc/sudoers to replace username with the non-root user's name:

username ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD: ALL

Make sure the following entry is not present in the /etc/sudoers file:

Defaults requiretty

In case the file contains this entry, comment it out.

Note: The sudoers configuration might vary by system. For Ubuntu operating systems further configuration is needed. Target the specific user you are using and assign it user id 0/group 0. Ensure that you also enable Allow root to ssh even though you are not using the root account.

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For translated versions of this article, see:

日本語: Linux ソース マシンのホット クローン作成で非 root ユーザーの使用を有効にする (2081847)

简体中文: 允许非 root 用户对 Linux 源计算机进行热克隆 (2087392)

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