4.2.5. Injecting an admin password into an instance
You can inject an admin (root) password into an instance using the following procedure.
In the
/etc/openstack-dashboard/local_settingsfile, set thechange_set_passwordparameter value toTrue.can_set_password: True
Set the
inject_passwordparameter to "True" in your Compute environment file.inject_password=true
Restart the Compute service.
# service nova-compute restart
When you use the nova boot command to launch a new instance, the output of the command displays an adminPass parameter. You can use this password to log into the instance as the root user.
The Compute service overwrites the password value in the /etc/shadow file for the root user. This procedure can also be used to activate the root account for the KVM guest images. For more information on how to use KVM guest images, see 「Using a KVM guest image with Red Hat OpenStack Platform」
You can also set a custom password from the dashboard. To enable this, run the following command after you have set can_set_password parameter to true.
# systemctl restart httpd.service
The newly added admin password fields are as follows:
These fields can be used when you launch or rebuild an instance.
