5.7. Specifying additional users

Prerequisites

• You have created a blueprint.

Procedure

• Customize the blueprint to add a user to the image:

  [[customizations.user]]
  name = "<user_name>"
  description = "<user_description>"
  password = "<password_hash>"
  key = "<public_ssh_key>"
  home = "/home/<user_name>/"
  shell = "/usr/bin/bash"
  groups = ["users", "wheel"]
  uid = <uid_number>
  gid = <gid_number>

  [[customizations.user]]
  name = "admin"
  description = "Administrator account"
  password = "$6$CHO2$3rN8eviE2t50lmVyBYihTgVRHcaecmeCk31L..."
  key = "PUBLIC SSH KEY"
  home = "/srv/widget/"
  shell = "/usr/bin/bash"
  groups = ["widget", "users", "wheel"]
  uid = 1200
  gid = 1200
  expiredate = 12345

  The GID is optional and must already exist in the image. Optionally, a package creates it, or the blueprint creates the GID by using the [[customizations.group]] entry.

  Replace password_hash with the actual password hash. To generate the password hash, use a command such as:

  $ python3 -c 'import crypt,getpass;pw=getpass.getpass();print(crypt.crypt(pw) if (pw==getpass.getpass("Confirm: ")) else exit())'

  Replace the other placeholders with suitable values.

  Enter the name value and omit any lines you do not need.

  Repeat this block for every user to include.