Methods and apparatus to manage credentials in hyper-converged infrastructures

An apparatus to manage credentials in a hyper-converged infrastructure, the apparatus comprising:

• memory;
• one or more processors to execute instructions to cause the one or more processors to:
• establish a communication between a software defined data center manager of the hyper-converged infrastructure and components of the hyper-converged infrastructure using a first public-private key pair;
• determine a status of the components of the hyper-converged infrastructure;
• provide an identifier associated with the software defined data center manager to a keys monitor, the keys monitor to monitor and synchronize at least one of data or tasks corresponding to the software defined data center manager across the components of the hyper-converged infrastructure;
• generate a second public-private key pair at the components in response to the status of the component indicating a power-on event;
• record a public key portion of the second public-private key pair;
• and
• encrypt the public key portion of the second public-private key pair using a shared key stored in a credentials manager, a private key portion of the second public-private key pair stored at the components.

A non-transitory computer readable medium comprising instructions that, when executed, cause a machine to at least:

• establish a communication between a software defined data center manager of a hyper-converged infrastructure and components of the hyper-converged infrastructure using a first public-private key pair;
• determine a status of the components of the hyper-converged infrastructure;
• provide an identifier associated with the software defined data center manager to a keys monitor, the keys monitor to monitor and synchronize at least one of data or tasks corresponding to the software defined data center manager across the components of the hyper-converged infrastructure;
• generate a second public-private key pair at the components in response to the status of the components indicating a power-on event;
• record a public key portion of the second public-private key pair;
• and
• encrypt the public key portion of the second public-private key pair using a shared key stored in a credentials manager, a private key portion of the second public-private key pair stored at the components.