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 server edit abiquo.properties and set the following properties:

   abiquo.guest.password.exclude abiquo.guest.password.length

   For more details see Abiquo configuration properties

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).

   1. To enable password emails, select the Enable password emails option

   2. To enable password SMS, enter the SMS gateway address

4. In Abiquo, load and configure appropriate VM templates! See Edit VM templates for guest setup

Related pages:

• Display VM initial password

• Reset guest password in vCloud Director