Hi Juerg, That's a really creative way of setting the password. Are you able to share your powershell script?
Thanks, Joe On Tue, Jan 21, 2014 at 8:15 AM, Juerg Haefliger <jue...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On Tue, Jan 21, 2014 at 3:15 AM, jeffty <wantwater...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > 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 <wantwater...@gmail.com > > > <mailto:wantwater...@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" <wantwater...@gmail.com > > > <mailto:wantwater...@gmail.com> > > > > <mailto:wantwater...@gmail.com <mailto:wantwater...@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. > > > > > > We use a simple powershell script that generates a random Administrator > password on first boot, pulls the SSH key from the metadata server, > encrypts the password with the key and writes the encrypted password to the > serial port. > > The user retrieves the encrypted password through the nova console-log and > decrypts it with his private key. The image is setup such that the user is > prompted to change the (random) password the first time he logs into the > instance. > > ...Juerg > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Mailing list: > > > http://lists.openstack.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/openstack > > > Post to : openstack@lists.openstack.org > > > <mailto:openstack@lists.openstack.org> > > > Unsubscribe : > > > http://lists.openstack.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/openstack > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Mailing list: > http://lists.openstack.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/openstack > > Post to : openstack@lists.openstack.org > > Unsubscribe : > http://lists.openstack.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/openstack >
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