To apply the necessary changes, follow these steps:

1. Login to the ESXi host as root.
2. Create a temporary JSON file:

/bin/configstorecli config current get -c esx -g services -k hostd -outfile tmp.json

3. Edit the file:

vi tmp.json

4. Navigate to "vmsvc" and add the following line:

"allow_authd_ticket": true

5. Apply the file to the database:

/bin/configstorecli config current set -c esx -g services -k hostd -infile tmp.json

6. Restart the hostd service:

/etc/init.d/hostd restart

• To see all possible hostd configuration properties, enter: configstorecli schema get -c esx -g services -k hostd
• To update only a single property by supplying a JSON diff file, enter: configstorecli config current update -c esx -g services -k hostd -infile tmp.json

Example tmp.json:

{
   "some_sub_object": {

      "some_property": "some_value"
   }
}

• To view the default hostd configuration in the config store default database, enter: /bin/configstorecli config default get -c esx -g services -k hostd