Abiquo 5.0 introduces a new button to reset the guest password in vCloud Director.
On a VM with guest tools installed, an administrator can edit a template and select Hypervisor tools and the option to Generate an initial guest password.
When the user creates a VM, the platform can generate an initial guest password. This requires also displays the checkbox, and the user can deselect the Guest initial password option.
When the user has deployed the VM, to display initial password in a popup, the user can click the key display initial password button. The user must have the privilege to "Retrieve virtual machine initial password". Abiquo 5.0 enables the user to reset the
Now in vCloud Director, Abiquo displays a button to Reset guest password in vCloud Director. This requires an additional privilege to "Reset guest password".To reset the guest password, go to the VM details → General and click Reset guest password
The platform will automatically shut down the VM and run the reset password process, then it will restart the VM.
The platform will send the new password by SMS or emailemail or SMS, using the same email template that informs the user of the initial guest password. See Guest setup for configuration details.
The user can then connect to the VM by clicking the console button and entering the root or administrator username, followed by the initial guest password. We recommend that the user changes this password as soon as possible.
The remote console connection to the VM is via WebMKS and it can be branded. See Branding WMKS