# AWX VMware credential default value change

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/awx-vmware-credential-default-value-change/1772>\
**Category:** Get Help\
**Tags:** awx\
**Created:** [October 18, 2023, 6:16am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/awx-vmware-credential-default-value-change/1772 "2023-10-18T06:16:01Z")\
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**Author:** ![markatbkk](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/user_avatar/forum.ansible.com/markatbkk/32/649_2.png) [@markatbkk](https://forum.ansible.com/u/markatbkk)\
**Post date:** [October 18, 2023, 6:16am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/awx-vmware-credential-default-value-change/1772/1 "2023-10-18T06:16:01Z")

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I use AWX with VMware credentials. As per the manual [10. Credentials — Ansible Tower User Guide v3.8.6](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible-tower/latest/html/userguide/credentials.html#vmware-vcenter) there is VMWARE\_VALIDATE\_CERTS env var defined when the credential is used. I could debug that value is False but i cant find any place where i can change this value to be True.  
When creating new VMware credential i dont see any option to select value for this env var.

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**Author:** ![TheRealHaoLiu](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/user_avatar/forum.ansible.com/therealhaoliu/32/100_2.png) [@TheRealHaoLiu](https://forum.ansible.com/u/TheRealHaoLiu)\
**Post date:** [December 13, 2023, 7:42pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/awx-vmware-credential-default-value-change/1772/2 "2023-12-13T19:42:17Z")

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Hi @markatbkk the documentation you mention is for 3.8.6 and is very old

I don’t see that field in our definition for the VMWare vCenter credential type

Please create an RFE on [GitHub - ansible/awx: AWX provides a web-based user interface, REST API, and task engine built on top of Ansible. It is one of the upstream projects for Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform.](https://github.com/ansible/awx) and as always PR welcomed 😁

[https://github.com/ansible/awx/blob/devel/awx/main/models/credential/\_\_init\_\_.py/#L791-L814](https://github.com/ansible/awx/blob/devel/awx/main/models/credential/ __init__.py/#L791-L814)

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**Author:** ![markatbkk](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/user_avatar/forum.ansible.com/markatbkk/32/649_2.png) [@markatbkk](https://forum.ansible.com/u/markatbkk)\
**Post date:** [January 3, 2024, 4:23am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/awx-vmware-credential-default-value-change/1772/3 "2024-01-03T04:23:37Z")

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Hi @TheRealHaoLiu i think i have enough of Ansible knowledge to write respective code for this missing credential option but i have never submitted any PR to Github project. It seems pretty complex to me and i don’t want to make any mess 🙂 so ill just raise the enhancement request instead. Appreciate your response on this topic

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/original/1X/1882d9a01da5d8996a862359b0913cc568a39b84.svg) [@system](https://forum.ansible.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [February 2, 2024, 4:24am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/awx-vmware-credential-default-value-change/1772/4 "2024-02-02T04:24:37Z")

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Closed on February 2, 2024, 4:24am UTC

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