[Openstack] [Nova] What is the correct way to provide Windows instance password for user?
jeffty
wantwatering at gmail.com
Tue Jan 21 02:15:36 UTC 2014
Thanks Joe, It really helps.
Will check them to find the proper way.
Thanks.
On 1/19/2014 3:32 PM, Joe Topjian wrote:
> 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
> <mailto: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>
> > <mailto: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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