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Hello,

We've used this in the past:

https://github.com/jordanrinke/openstack

It allows a user to type in an Administrator password in the Post Config
text box when launching an instance in Horizon. The password is then
retrieved when Windows first boots via the metadata service.

We stopped using it for two reasons, though:

1. The password was permanently stored in the metadata server
2. There was no (default) way to let the user know that the password they
chose was not a strong enough password

We now just have users connect to the VNC console and set the password upon
first boot.

There have been a few discussions over the past year on the
openstack-operators list about the cloudbase Windows cloud-init service. I
think one or two people have been able to get the password injection
portion working. It might be worth a shot to search the archives:

http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/openstack/operators/

Joe


On Sun, Jan 19, 2014 at 4:21 AM, jeffty <wantwatering at gmail.com> wrote:

> Thanks Jacob.
>
> Is there any openstack API guide for send instance password while launch
> it?
>
> Thanks.
>
> On 1/19/2014 11:08 AM, Jacob Godin wrote:
> > Yes, they must input a password every time. It's within Windows, they
> > must use the console.
> >
> > Sent from my mobile device
> >
> > On Jan 18, 2014 10:51 PM, "jeffty" <wantwatering at gmail.com
> > <mailto:wantwatering at gmail.com>> wrote:
> >
> >     Thanks Jacob.
> >
> >     Then the user must input a password for every windows instance he
> >     launched?
> >
> >     In other word different instance owns different password even they
> are
> >     launched at the same time? e.g. Input 3 while launching instance in
> >     Horizon portal for this windows image.
> >
> >     If yes, how to send this password to the instance in portal? That
> should
> >     be implemented by meta service.
> >
> >     If no, all of the instances have the same default password, right?
> >
> >
> >     On 1/19/2014 10:02 AM, Jacob Godin wrote:
> >     > We've used sysprep to have the administrator provide a password
> >     when the
> >     > instance is first booted.
> >
>
>
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