Configure guest initial password

The platform can set an initial password for a VM before it deploys. The administrator can configure this option in a VM template but the user may then edit the VM to change the option.

To configure guest initial passwords, do these steps.

1. To configure the length and characters, on the Abiquo API edit abiquo.properties and set the abiquo.guest.password.length property.
   See Abiquo Configuration Properties#guest

2. To customize messages, see the following pages.
   1. Customize emails for guest password
   2. Customize emails for guest password SMS
3. To enable guest initial passwords, in Abiquo, go to Configuration view → Security (see Configuration View#Security).
   1. To enable password emails, select this option
   2. To enable password SMS, enter SMS gateway address
4. In Abiquo, load and configure appropriate VM templates! See Edit VM templates for guest setup

In the Abiquo UI on the VM details panel, the key guest password button enables the user to check the initial guest password. See Display VM initial password

• The VM owner can display their own VM password
• To allow a user to display the initial guest passwords of all VMs they can access, assign the privilege to Display initial virtual machine password

Troubleshooting guest initial password

1. Check your mail server configurations
   1. On the Abiquo API Server in abiquo.properties, check the address of the mail server and the mail user See Abiquo Configuration Properties#mail. 
   2. If you have resellers, check in the reseller enterprise configuration
2. Check that all VM owners have a valid email address and phone number
   1. Check the documentation of your SMS gateway provider for format requirements