If users do not want to get a password from VR, they can remove "set_passwords" from cloud-init config.
ps: password server uses 8080, while SSH public key and metadata use port 80 (apache2 service in VR). Kind regards, Wei On Thu, Apr 16, 2026 at 9:03 AM Wido den Hollander via users < [email protected]> wrote: > > > Op 15-04-2026 om 09:09 schreef jordan j: > > Hello everyone, > > > > Is there a way to disable the password setup for cloudstack > > instances? > > This is because I dont want to use a password but just a > > certificate, also port 8080 is disabled in the ACL and the cloud-init > > timing out makes the instance boot slower. > > If it cannot be stopped can you at least reduce the timeout duration? > > > > Just uncheck "password enabled" at the VM template. Then this won't happen. > > But even for a SSH pubkey the VM needs to connect to the VR on 8080, why > would you block this? > > Wido > > > Regards, > > Jordan > > > >
