Setting a default/initial password during installation
admin
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March 30, 2017, 7:51 pmQuote from admin on March 30, 2017, 7:51 pmIn some case, it may help to able to log into the console after the installation and booting but before node deployment. This is useful to debug networking issues which prevents accessing the node via the web interface.
For security reasons, there is no default password set by the installer so before deploying the node and entering the cluster password, there is no way to log into the node. We do plan in the future to allow the admin to override this via the node console menu, but for now this can be done as follows:
Install normally using the installer CD, but at the very end when it finished, do not press the reboot button yet
press the following key combination to change the X session
ctrl-alt-f1
this should open a command prompt, switch to su
sudo su
execute this script which sets a default root password of password ( we use this during our development )
/usr/local/psinstaller/scripts/s5-set-password.sh
return to the ui installer X session
ctrl-alt-f2
then press the reboot button
To log into the console press
alt-f1
login: root
password: password
Also if your network is working you can use ssh at this stage, of course once you deploy the node the password will be reset to the cluster password you define.
In some case, it may help to able to log into the console after the installation and booting but before node deployment. This is useful to debug networking issues which prevents accessing the node via the web interface.
For security reasons, there is no default password set by the installer so before deploying the node and entering the cluster password, there is no way to log into the node. We do plan in the future to allow the admin to override this via the node console menu, but for now this can be done as follows:
Install normally using the installer CD, but at the very end when it finished, do not press the reboot button yet
press the following key combination to change the X session
ctrl-alt-f1
this should open a command prompt, switch to su
sudo su
execute this script which sets a default root password of password ( we use this during our development )
/usr/local/psinstaller/scripts/s5-set-password.sh
return to the ui installer X session
ctrl-alt-f2
then press the reboot button
To log into the console press
alt-f1
login: root
password: password
Also if your network is working you can use ssh at this stage, of course once you deploy the node the password will be reset to the cluster password you define.
Setting a default/initial password during installation
admin
2,930 Posts
Quote from admin on March 30, 2017, 7:51 pmIn some case, it may help to able to log into the console after the installation and booting but before node deployment. This is useful to debug networking issues which prevents accessing the node via the web interface.
For security reasons, there is no default password set by the installer so before deploying the node and entering the cluster password, there is no way to log into the node. We do plan in the future to allow the admin to override this via the node console menu, but for now this can be done as follows:
Install normally using the installer CD, but at the very end when it finished, do not press the reboot button yet
press the following key combination to change the X session
ctrl-alt-f1
this should open a command prompt, switch to su
sudo su
execute this script which sets a default root password of password ( we use this during our development )
/usr/local/psinstaller/scripts/s5-set-password.sh
return to the ui installer X session
ctrl-alt-f2
then press the reboot button
To log into the console press
alt-f1
login: root
password: password
Also if your network is working you can use ssh at this stage, of course once you deploy the node the password will be reset to the cluster password you define.
In some case, it may help to able to log into the console after the installation and booting but before node deployment. This is useful to debug networking issues which prevents accessing the node via the web interface.
For security reasons, there is no default password set by the installer so before deploying the node and entering the cluster password, there is no way to log into the node. We do plan in the future to allow the admin to override this via the node console menu, but for now this can be done as follows:
Install normally using the installer CD, but at the very end when it finished, do not press the reboot button yet
press the following key combination to change the X session
ctrl-alt-f1
this should open a command prompt, switch to su
sudo su
execute this script which sets a default root password of password ( we use this during our development )
/usr/local/psinstaller/scripts/s5-set-password.sh
return to the ui installer X session
ctrl-alt-f2
then press the reboot button
To log into the console press
alt-f1
login: root
password: password
Also if your network is working you can use ssh at this stage, of course once you deploy the node the password will be reset to the cluster password you define.