Specifying passwords or other values that contain special characters in the template YAML file might result in YAML syntax errors. To resolve these errors, see the YAML specification about how to deal with special characters.

For Command Central administrator passwords that include special characters, you can encrypt the password using the Command Centralweb user interface. Go to CCE > Command Central Server > Configuration > Credentials and create a Username and password credentials alias, for example SECURE_PASSWORD. Click the alias name in the Alias list on the Credentials page and then click Export. In the exported configuration, the encrypted password is the value of the Password: property. You can use the encrypted password in a YAML or .properties file, or in the password argument of the CLI composite templates apply command.