On Tue, Jul 31, 2012 at 04:41:03AM -0400, Tommy Aditya Lawanto wrote: > Thank you guys for your help. I've successfully deployed a vm using > the valid sshkeypair. Also, i am now able to get result from command > "getVmPassword", here it is : > > [password] => Array > ( > > [encryptedpassword]=>3wvuei3lBc93I9MRxbf1FsRLJjPJSdIzQWR6hd4u4UiZ9l7PZowq+boZrA5Kwwsft5KYbegtmbv1WfuOhO4UrtZtVMst+2hyChCRR0O/IHHmDj8xhhUdTCnhH4/cGnWZ1AJsrh4Z6w+HQ8QQML+M2b5cHjGu/teCiSJq6MTzbmQ= > ) > > However, i'm still confused about few things : > > 1. What is this encrypted password for? Can i use this password to > login to the vm as root? You use your own private key to login to the VM which is the private pair of the public key returned here. But you'll have to put the pub key into ~/.ssh/authorized_keys of your VM before that.
Get the pub key into the VM from the user-data available from within the VM: curl http://10.1.1.1/latest/meta-data/public-keys > 2. Is this the password that can be reset using > "resetPasswordForVirtualMachine"? resetPasswordForVirtualMachine is done when you have a passwd-enabled template. -- Prasanna., > > > ________________________________________ > From: Likitha Shetty [likitha.she...@citrix.com] > Sent: Tuesday, July 31, 2012 2:47 PM > To: cloudstack-dev@incubator.apache.org > Subject: RE: Fail to get password for VM using API > > Hi Tommy, > > Try generating a new key-pair using the api, createSSHKeyPair. And then use > the key-pair name you supplied for createSSHKeyPair as the value for > parameter keypair while deploying the VM. Hope it helps. > > Thank you, > Likitha > > -----Original Message----- > From: Tommy Aditya Lawanto [mailto:to...@wowrack.com] > Sent: Tuesday, July 31, 2012 1:00 PM > To: cloudstack-dev@incubator.apache.org > Subject: RE: Fail to get password for VM using API > > @alena : thank you very much for your help :). I tried to set keypair when > deploying a vm, but it returns error message : A key pair with name > 'my-generated-string' was not found. Am i supposed to do something first for > this ssh keypair ? (i try supplying "ssh keypair" value with my > auto-generated-string. > > Sorry for the noob question, i'm a newbie in the cloud computing environment > :) > > ________________________________________ > From: Alena Prokharchyk [alena.prokharc...@citrix.com] > Sent: Monday, July 30, 2012 11:35 PM > To: cloudstack-dev@incubator.apache.org > Subject: Re: Fail to get password for VM using API > > On 7/29/12 9:31 PM, "Tommy Aditya Lawanto" > <to...@wowrack.com<mailto:to...@wowrack.com>> wrote: > > >I'm getting this error when i try to get password from a vm using > >password-enabled template (through API) : > > > > > > [error] => No password for VM with id '70' found. > > > > > >I've tried resetting the password using management server, and it works > >fine. Right after the operation successful, a message box popped up, > >giving me the new password. However, when i try get the password using > >API command "getVMPassword", it always fail. > > > > > >How can I fix it? > > > > > >Best Regard ! > > > > > > Tommy, > > The password is getting stored in the DB only when the user vm is deployed > using SshKeyPair. So only in this case you can use getVMPassword api to > retrieve the password. I'll make sure the documentation is updated for this > command in the future release. > > In your case, if you forgot the password returned to you on the confirmation > box, you can always reset it using resetPasswordForVirtualMachine API > > -Alena. > > >
