[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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