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> Heat devs,
> 
> What is the status of the instance_user config option and the corollary
> OS::Nova::Server::admin_user field? Our users find it very confusing when
> Heat creates a VM with a user called ec2-user. While I've told them to
> explicitly set admin_user, the documentation claims its deprecated since
> Icehouse. Will it be removed? Along the same lines, instance_user in the
> config also claims to be deprecated and slated for removal in Kilo, it is
> also still there in master. So what's the right behavior here? Should I
> tell heat users that it's safe/recommended to set admin_user or not?

Hi,

It's been deprecated for a while, and will be hidden in the next release (see https://review.openstack.org/#/c/103928/) if everything goes well.

As an operator, you shoud set the instance_user configuration value to the empty string, so that your users get the default user from the image. That's the recommanded mode of operation.

Cheers,

-- 
Thomas