Re: How to set admin password during server create but not using user-data file

Hi Ahmad, When creating an instance in OpenStack, you can use the --user-data option to pass a cloud-init configuration file to the instance at boot time. This file allows you to automate initial setup tasks such as setting a user password, configuring the timezone, installing packages, or running custom scripts. https://docs.openstack.org/nova/2024.1/user/metadata.html#user-data Example: cloud-init.yml ============= #cloud-config timezone: Asia/Tehran user: ahmad password: ahmad chpasswd: { expire: False } ssh_pwauth: True Create Instance: openstack server create --image ubuntu-x86_64 --flavor ubuntu --network internal --user-data cloud-init.yml vm1