Hi, Thanks! That’s very helpful.
For resetting the password I had a timing issue, I think. Did you try a reset of the password and reboot the VM twice? I believe that worked for me during testing. Regards Simon > On 14. Jan 2020, at 19:13, Ismaili, Liridon (SWISS TXT) > <liridon.isma...@swisstxt.ch> wrote: > > Hi, > @Simon: > There is a config (found in > <https://cloudbase-init.readthedocs.io/en/latest/plugins.html#setting-password-main> > > https://cloudbase-init.readthedocs.io/en/latest/plugins.html#setting-password-main) > called first_logon_behavior which you can set to 'no'. This will allow you > to setup the password with no need to be reset after the first login. > So this one was indeed a cloudbase-init "feature". I did test that and it > works fine for me under MS Windows Server 2019. > > What I get now is, that cloudbase-init allows me to set the password only > once - so I can't reset it after the first launch of the instance. I did > create an issue for this one but I believe that this was by design. > > Regards > Liridon > > -----Original Message----- > From: n...@li.nux.ro<mailto:n...@li.nux.ro> > Reply-To: users@cloudstack.apache.org<mailto:users@cloudstack.apache.org> > To: users@cloudstack.apache.org<mailto:users@cloudstack.apache.org> > Subject: Re: Creating Windows Server 2019 templates with cloudbase init > Date: Tue, 14 Jan 2020 13:43:04 +0000 > Mailer: Roundcube Webmail/1.4-rc1 > > > It's quite possible. I try to do the minimum where Windows is concerned, > > so I stopped at using the old CloudInstanceManager when I saw it's > > working. > > > > On 2020-01-14 13:28, > > <mailto:simon.voel...@zv.fraunhofer.de> > > simon.voel...@zv.fraunhofer.de > > wrote: > > Hi, > > > I believe that having to set a new password after it has been reset is > > supposed to be a feature from Microsoft’s side. I’ve also noticed that > > login through RDP is disabled until a new password has been set. So > > far I haven’t been able to get it to work completely. (mainly due to > > time constraints) > > > Regards > > > Simon Völker > > > Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft e.V. > > Schloss Birlinghoven > > 53754 Sankt Augustin > > Telefon: +49 2241 14-2311 > > E-mail: > > <mailto:simon.voel...@zv.fraunhofer.de> > > simon.voel...@zv.fraunhofer.de > > <mailto: > > <mailto:simon.voel...@zv.fraunhofer.de> > > simon.voel...@zv.fraunhofer.de > >> > > > > > Am 14.01.2020 um 14:20 schrieb > > <mailto:n...@li.nux.ro> > > n...@li.nux.ro > > <mailto: > > <mailto:n...@li.nux.ro> > > n...@li.nux.ro > >> : > > > Hi, > > > This could be a bug (or undocumented feature, ahem) with > > cloudbase-init. > > Despite efforts I never got it to work reliably in the past, not sure > > about now. > > Have you tried using CloudInstanceManager.msi for setting the > > password? It still works for me. > > > What I do is set up the template with a sysprep and unattend.xml where > > I also set a default password (perhaps this is what stops it from > > asking for new user pass), then on first boots CloudInstanceManager > > sets up the password without problems and resets work, too. SG zone > > btw. > > > Lucian > > > On 2020-01-14 12:53, Ismaili, Liridon (SWISS TXT) wrote: > > Hi Simon > > We are also building some new windows templates and would like to use > > cloudbase-init as you do. > > I get the same behavior as you did describe (after password reset it > > requires to setup a new password). How did you workaround this? I > > expect this to be a policy issue but would like to ask before I search > > to long as you had the same issue. > > Regards > > Liridon > > -----Original Message----- > > From: > > <mailto:simon.voel...@zv.fraunhofer.de> > > simon.voel...@zv.fraunhofer.de > > <mailto: > > <mailto:simon.voel...@zv.fraunhofer.de> > > simon.voel...@zv.fraunhofer.de > >> <mailto: > > <mailto:simon.voel...@zv.fraunhofer.de> > > simon.voel...@zv.fraunhofer.de > >> > > Reply-To: > > <mailto:users@cloudstack.apache.org> > > users@cloudstack.apache.org > > <mailto: > > <mailto:users@cloudstack.apache.org> > > users@cloudstack.apache.org > >> <mailto: > > <mailto:users@cloudstack.apache.org> > > users@cloudstack.apache.org > >> > > To: > > <mailto:users@cloudstack.apache.org> > > users@cloudstack.apache.org > > <mailto: > > <mailto:users@cloudstack.apache.org> > > users@cloudstack.apache.org > >> <mailto: > > <mailto:users@cloudstack.apache.org> > > users@cloudstack.apache.org > >> > > Subject: Re: Creating Windows Server 2019 templates with cloudbase init > > Date: Mon, 09 Sep 2019 07:54:02 +0000 > > Hi, > > we are using cloudplatform 4.11 which is based on cloudstack 4.10. > > Regards > > Simon Völker > > Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft e.V. > > Schloss Birlinghoven > > 53754 Sankt Augustin > > Telefon: +49 2241 14-2311 > > E-mail: > > <mailto: > > <mailto:simon.voel...@zv.fraunhofer.de> > > simon.voel...@zv.fraunhofer.de > >> > > <mailto:simon.voel...@zv.fraunhofer.de> > > simon.voel...@zv.fraunhofer.de > > <mailto: > > <mailto:simon.voel...@zv.fraunhofer.de> > > simon.voel...@zv.fraunhofer.de > >> > > <mailto: > > <mailto: > > <mailto:simon.voel...@zv.fraunhofer.de> > > simon.voel...@zv.fraunhofer.de > >> > > <mailto:simon.voel...@zv.fraunhofer.de> > > simon.voel...@zv.fraunhofer.de > > > Am 06.09.2019 um 15:34 schrieb Andrija Panic < > > <mailto: > > <mailto:andrija.pa...@gmail.com> > > andrija.pa...@gmail.com > >> > > <mailto:andrija.pa...@gmail.com> > > andrija.pa...@gmail.com > > > <mailto: > > <mailto: > > <mailto:andrija.pa...@gmail.com> > > andrija.pa...@gmail.com > >> > > <mailto:andrija.pa...@gmail.com> > > andrija.pa...@gmail.com > > > : > > That sounds like something that was happening on ACS 4.8. > > Which version are you running? > > Andrija > > On Fri, 6 Sep 2019 at 14:50, < > > <mailto: > > <mailto:simon.voel...@zv.fraunhofer.de> > > simon.voel...@zv.fraunhofer.de > >> > > <mailto:simon.voel...@zv.fraunhofer.de> > > simon.voel...@zv.fraunhofer.de > > > <mailto: > > <mailto: > > <mailto:simon.voel...@zv.fraunhofer.de> > > simon.voel...@zv.fraunhofer.de > >> > > <mailto:simon.voel...@zv.fraunhofer.de> > > simon.voel...@zv.fraunhofer.de > > > wrote: > > Hi, > > I’ve checked that and found something peculiar: The password is > > retrieved > > from the VPR if I do a password reset, reboot and reboot again. > > However, > > upon first login with the password generated by the reset, Windows > > requires > > a new password to be set. The password shows up in the passwords file > > on > > the vpr, but isn’t replaced by password=saved, it simply disappears > > when > > retrieved. > > Regards > > Simon Völker > > Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft e.V. > > Schloss Birlinghoven > > 53754 Sankt Augustin > > Telefon: +49 2241 14-2311 > > E-mail: > > <mailto: > > <mailto:simon.voel...@zv.fraunhofer.de> > > simon.voel...@zv.fraunhofer.de > >> > > <mailto:simon.voel...@zv.fraunhofer.de> > > simon.voel...@zv.fraunhofer.de > > > <mailto: > > <mailto: > > <mailto:simon.voel...@zv.fraunhofer.de> > > simon.voel...@zv.fraunhofer.de > >> > > <mailto:simon.voel...@zv.fraunhofer.de> > > simon.voel...@zv.fraunhofer.de > > > <mailto: > > <mailto: > > <mailto:simon.voel...@zv.fraunhofer.de> > > simon.voel...@zv.fraunhofer.de > >> > > <mailto:simon.voel...@zv.fraunhofer.de> > > simon.voel...@zv.fraunhofer.de > > > <mailto: > > <mailto: > > <mailto:simon.voel...@zv.fraunhofer.de> > > simon.voel...@zv.fraunhofer.de > >> > > <mailto:simon.voel...@zv.fraunhofer.de> > > simon.voel...@zv.fraunhofer.de > > > Am 06.09.2019 um 11:23 schrieb Andrija Panic < > > <mailto: > > <mailto:andrija.pa...@gmail.com> > > andrija.pa...@gmail.com > >> > > <mailto:andrija.pa...@gmail.com> > > andrija.pa...@gmail.com > > > <mailto: > > <mailto: > > <mailto:andrija.pa...@gmail.com> > > andrija.pa...@gmail.com > >> > > <mailto:andrija.pa...@gmail.com> > > andrija.pa...@gmail.com > > > <mailto: > > <mailto: > > <mailto:andrija.pa...@gmail.com> > > andrija.pa...@gmail.com > >> > > <mailto:andrija.pa...@gmail.com> > > andrija.pa...@gmail.com > > > : > > Hi Simon, > > I assume that the cloudbased-init runs BEFORE the user has to set pass > > via > > Windows, thus overwriting the pass that ACS has previously set? > > Does rebooting the VM actually sets the new pass (from ACS), that was > > generated previously? You can actually check inside the VR > > /var/cache/cloud/password-<IP-ADDRESS-HERE> file - this file will > > contain > > the actual pass if it has NOT been fetched by the VM - or if it says > > "password=saved" - this means it was already fetched by the VM. > > Andrija > > On Fri, 6 Sep 2019 at 10:47, < > > <mailto: > > <mailto:simon.voel...@zv.fraunhofer.de> > > simon.voel...@zv.fraunhofer.de > >> > > <mailto:simon.voel...@zv.fraunhofer.de> > > simon.voel...@zv.fraunhofer.de > > > <mailto: > > <mailto: > > <mailto:simon.voel...@zv.fraunhofer.de> > > simon.voel...@zv.fraunhofer.de > >> > > <mailto:simon.voel...@zv.fraunhofer.de> > > simon.voel...@zv.fraunhofer.de > > > <mailto: > > <mailto: > > <mailto:simon.voel...@zv.fraunhofer.de> > > simon.voel...@zv.fraunhofer.de > >> > > <mailto:simon.voel...@zv.fraunhofer.de> > > simon.voel...@zv.fraunhofer.de > > > <mailto: > > <mailto: > > <mailto:simon.voel...@zv.fraunhofer.de> > > simon.voel...@zv.fraunhofer.de > >> > > <mailto:simon.voel...@zv.fraunhofer.de> > > simon.voel...@zv.fraunhofer.de > > > wrote: > > Hi, > > I am currently doing a new batch of our templates. So far we’ve been > > using > > Cloudbase-init for our Microsoft Server 2016 templates. Now with the > > 2019 > > version, instead of setting the password that cloudstack provides, the > > user > > has to set a password on first startup. Does someone have experience > > with > > Cloudbase-init and Windows Server 2019 or has faced the same issue? > > Regards > > Simon Völker > > Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft e.V. > > Schloss Birlinghoven > > 53754 Sankt Augustin > > Telefon: +49 2241 14-2311 > > E-mail: > > <mailto: > > <mailto:simon.voel...@zv.fraunhofer.de> > > simon.voel...@zv.fraunhofer.de > >> > > <mailto:simon.voel...@zv.fraunhofer.de> > > simon.voel...@zv.fraunhofer.de > > > <mailto: > > <mailto: > > <mailto:simon.voel...@zv.fraunhofer.de> > > simon.voel...@zv.fraunhofer.de > >> > > <mailto:simon.voel...@zv.fraunhofer.de> > > simon.voel...@zv.fraunhofer.de > > > <mailto: > > <mailto: > > <mailto:simon.voel...@zv.fraunhofer.de> > > simon.voel...@zv.fraunhofer.de > >> > > <mailto:simon.voel...@zv.fraunhofer.de> > > simon.voel...@zv.fraunhofer.de > > > <mailto: > > <mailto: > > <mailto:simon.voel...@zv.fraunhofer.de> > > simon.voel...@zv.fraunhofer.de > >> > > <mailto:simon.voel...@zv.fraunhofer.de> > > simon.voel...@zv.fraunhofer.de > > > <mailto: > > <mailto: > > <mailto:simon.voel...@zv.fraunhofer.de> > > simon.voel...@zv.fraunhofer.de > >> > > <mailto:simon.voel...@zv.fraunhofer.de> > > simon.voel...@zv.fraunhofer.de > > > <mailto: > > <mailto: > > <mailto:simon.voel...@zv.fraunhofer.de> > > simon.voel...@zv.fraunhofer.de > >> > > <mailto:simon.voel...@zv.fraunhofer.de> > > simon.voel...@zv.fraunhofer.de > > > <mailto: > > <mailto: > > <mailto:simon.voel...@zv.fraunhofer.de> > > simon.voel...@zv.fraunhofer.de > >> > > <mailto:simon.voel...@zv.fraunhofer.de> > > simon.voel...@zv.fraunhofer.de > > > -- > > Andrija Panić > > -- > > Andrija Panić
