Found an Autologin in an auto-unattended XML file that does indeed have credentials that don't match what is in the packer JSON file. We will change that and see if it fixes the auto login problem. Maybe by extension it will also fix our main problem.
Thanks. On Tue, Jun 2, 2015 at 12:06 PM, Nux! <n...@li.nux.ro> wrote: > If you VM tries to autologin, then I would check the sysprep/xml it was > built from, at least that is one of the places where this can be set. > > -- > Sent from the Delta quadrant using Borg technology! > > Nux! > www.nux.ro > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Jeff Hair" <j...@greenqloud.com> > > To: users@cloudstack.apache.org > > Sent: Tuesday, 2 June, 2015 11:15:23 > > Subject: Re: Cloud Instance Manager only sets password after reboot on > Windows 2012 R2 > > > Hi, > > > > This is specifically for when the VM first starts up. Don't think it is > > specifically a CloudStack problem, it's more of a question about how to > > properly configure the Cloud Instance Manager. Basically when the machine > > first starts up, it tries to auto-login (despite no registry setting for > > that), but fails due to invalid password. The password to log in is the > > default password from when I created the template. Cloud Instance Manager > > has the garbled output I described in the first post. If I reboot the > > machine, it starts up and Cloud Instance Manager works fine, and thus I > can > > log in with the CloudStack-set password. > > > > On Tue, Jun 2, 2015 at 10:11 AM, Vadim Kimlaychuk < > vadim.kimlayc...@elion.ee > >> wrote: > > > >> Hello Jeff, > >> > >> Actually to reset password you need to power-off VM first. Then > >> after start-up it picks up new password from VR. > >> If you create VM from password-enabled template then you > >> should get it immediately upon VM start-up. > >> > >> Whether Windows have to log-in automatically or not -- depends > on > >> windows OS settings. This issue seems does not belong to Cloudstack or > KVM > >> hypervisor. Check your template OS. > >> > >> I don't see any problems related to CS here. > >> > >> Vadim. > >> > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: Jeff Hair [mailto:j...@greenqloud.com] > >> Sent: Tuesday, June 02, 2015 12:57 PM > >> To: users@cloudstack.apache.org > >> Subject: Cloud Instance Manager only sets password after reboot on > Windows > >> 2012 R2 > >> > >> Hi, > >> > >> We're building a Windows 2012 template on KVM. It works fine except that > >> it only sets the password for the VM after rebooting it once. When the > >> machine first starts up, there is garbled output in the Cloud Instance > >> Manager logs. For example "Added DHCP server: i#x" > >> > >> After rebooting the machine, Cloud Instance Manager works and the > password > >> is set. > >> > >> Also on the first boot it is trying to auto-login but failing with the > >> wrong password, if that helps. > >> > >> Any ideas? > >> > >> Thanks, > >> > >> Jeff > >> > > > > > > > > -- > > *Jeff Hair* > > Core Systems Developer > > > > Tel: (+354) 415 0200 > > j...@greenqloud.com > > www.greenqloud.com > -- *Jeff Hair* Core Systems Developer Tel: (+354) 415 0200 j...@greenqloud.com www.greenqloud.com
