Externalize vSphere credentials to avoid plaintexts while installing clusters on VMware
Issue
- Currently it is not possible to externally provide the VMware vSphere
username
andpassword
to theinstall-config.yaml
file used to installIPI
clusters on VMware vSphere. - The credentials have to be provided as
plaintexts
in theinstall-config.yaml
file which can be a security risk. - It is not possible to provide encrypted credentials a well in the
install-config
file.
Environment
- Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4
- VMware vSphere
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