Login detail fro Debian 10 cloud-init

fred974

Hi,

I just deployed a new VM using XOA hub template and I cannot login to the VM as I have no idea what the password is. I am guessing that the user is call 'debian'.

Could anyone please assist?

Thank you

olivierlambert

Hi!

There's no password. You must add an SSH key.

fred974

@olivierlambert said in Login detail fro Debian 10 cloud-init:

There's no password. You must add an SSH key.

Haa..
So if I didn't do I simply delete the VM create a new one ?

olivierlambert

Correct

fred974

@olivierlambert thank you

fred974

@fred974 I just deleted the VM and deployed a new one making sure to select the ssh key.
When the VM start, it as me for the Debian password and not the ssh key password.

I am not sure where I went wrong. My ssh key is ssh-ed25519, does it have to be rsa?

When I deploy a VM manually I always do full disk encryption. I that something I can also do using cloud-init?

Thank you

olivierlambert

Just SSH on it, do not access it via the console. If you absolutely create a password, you can (connect in SSH first, then create the pwd).

fred974

@olivierlambert said in Login detail fro Debian 10 cloud-init:

Just SSH on it, do not access it via the console.

I did do that but got prompt for normal password.

fred@debian10:~$ ssh -i ~/.ssh/ed25519_2021 debian@172.16.50.245
debian@172.16.50.245's password:
Permission denied, please try again.
debian@172.16.50.245's password:

First, I tried to use my ssh key password but no luck. Does cloud-init assign my ssh key to user Debian?

I copied my puclic ssh key when I created the VM. Is that correct?

olivierlambert

You should be able to log with debian user and your SSH key. Are you sure you put the SSH key correctly?

fred974

@olivierlambert
When creating the VM, I typed the ssh public key where the red arrow is

Then the key moved to the right.

That's all I did

olivierlambert

That sounds right

I cannot reproduce it, can you show us your SSH public key in XO? It should be visible in your user space (the "user" icon below "Sign Out" in the left menu).

jedimarcus

I can confirm.

Template from Hub
New SSH key selection in User/Profile screen of XOA
Create new VM with SSH key selected
Login over ssh with

ssh debian@<ip>

Success

fred974

@olivierlambert
Sure, here it is

olivierlambert

Try to remove and recreate it, without the hostname in the end (IDK if you can have a space in there)

fred974

@olivierlambert said in Login detail fro Debian 10 cloud-init:

Try to remove and recreate it,

That worked I didn't removed the the hostname in the end.
I can now ssh to the Newly created VM.

olivierlambert

Okay so maybe a typo in the key the first time you entered it