Root Password Injection Into Openstack Instance

To inject a root password into Openstack instance on Nova boot, you need to enable it. Follow these simple steps:

• Install “libguestfs” on Nova compute node:

# yum install libguestfs python-libguestfs libguestfs-tools-c

• Open the file “/etc/nova/nova.conf ” and update these lines:

inject_password=true
inject_key=true
inject_partition=-1

• Restart nove-compute: # service openstack-nova-compute restart
• Open the file “/usr/share/openstack-dashboard/openstack_dashboard/loal/local_settings.py” and enable setting root password:

OPENSTACK_HYPERVISOR_FEATURES = {
…..
‘can_set_password’: True,
}

Now you can set root password on dashboard when you launch your instance under “Access & Security” tab.