Category Archives: Cloudbase-Init

Windows on ARM64 with Cloudbase-Init

Cloudbase-Init, OpenStack, WindowsBy Adrian Vladu November 10, 2020

ARM servers are more and more present in our day to day life, their usage varying from minimal IoT devices to huge computing clusters. So we decided to put the Windows support for ARM64 cloud images to the test, with two primary focuses: Toolchain ecosystem – Building and running Cloudbase-Init on Windows ARM64 Virtualization –…

Setting the Windows admin password in OpenStack

Cloudbase-Init, OpenStack, PowerShell, WindowsBy Alessandro Pilotti March 20, 2017

We’re getting quite a few questions about how to set the admin password in OpenStack Windows instances, so let’s clarify the available options. nova get-password The secure and proper way to set passwords in OpenStack Windows instances is by letting Cloudbase-Init generate a random password and post it encrypted on the Nova metadata service. The password can…