*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 1474194 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1474194
If you're getting "ec2-user", then you need to set instance_user to an empty string, as I mentioned in comment #1, and this is a duplicate of bug #1474194 ** Changed in: cloud-init Status: New => Invalid ** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 1474194 When launching a template with the OS::Nova::Server type the user_data_format attribute determines the user on Ubuntu images -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Yahoo! Engineering Team, which is subscribed to cloud-init. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1474959 Title: Cloud Image launched by Heat, creates a "ec2-user" user without Shell. Status in cloud-init: Invalid Status in heat: New Bug description: Guys, If I launch an Ubuntu Trusty Instance using Heat, there is no "ubuntu" user available. Instead, there is a "ec2-user" user, without shell! Look: No "ubuntu" user: --- username@kilo-1:~$ ssh ubuntu@172.31.254.158 Permission denied (publickey). --- Instead, there is a "ec2-user" user without shell: --- username@kilo-1:~$ ssh ec2-user@172.31.254.158 Welcome to Ubuntu 14.04.2 LTS (GNU/Linux 3.13.0-57-generic x86_64) ....... $ $ bash -i ec2-user@ubuntu-1:~$ grep ec2-user /etc/passwd ec2-user:x:1000:1000::/home/ec2-user: --- No shell (/bin/bash) for "ec2-user" user! Heat template block: --- ubuntusrv1: type: OS::Nova::Server properties: name: XXXX key_name: { get_param: 'ssh_key' } image: { get_param: 'ubuntusrv1_image' } flavor: "m1.small" networks: - network: { get_resource: data_sub_net1 } --- But, if I launch the very same Ubuntu Trusty image, using Horizon, then, the "ubuntu" user becomes available, without any problems. And, if your specify "admin_user: cloud", for example, it also have no shell. I'm using OpenStack Kilo, on top of Trusty using Ubuntu Cloud Archives. Trusty Image: http://uec- images.ubuntu.com/releases/14.04.2/release/ubuntu-14.04-server- cloudimg-amd64-disk1.img Thanks! Thiago To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/cloud-init/+bug/1474959/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~yahoo-eng-team Post to : yahoo-eng-team@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~yahoo-eng-team More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp