Make the number of characters for the randomly generated vm pasword configurable.

[kiranchavala]

ISSUE TYPE

• Improvement request

COMPONENT NAME

Compnent: Management server

CLOUDSTACK VERSION

Cloudstack version 4.18

SUMMARY

Make the number of characters for the randomly generated vm pasword configurable.

Currently, by default Cloudstack generates a random 6 character password

Can we have a global setting to specify the number of characters required for the randomly generated vm password

Similar to the global settings related to user password specifications

Having more characters may also increase the security or make it align with the organization policies

Steps to reproduce the issue

1. Register a password-enabled template

2. Deploy a virtual machine

3. The random password generated is always of 6 characters

Screenshot

By default, 6 characters are generated for a vm

Expected behavior

Admin user should be able to configure the number of characters for the randomly generated vm password

Actual behavior

Currently admin user is not able to configure the number of character for the randomly generated vm password

[kiranchavala]

similar to #6861

[GutoVeronezi]

@kiranchavala, we already have the configuration vm.password.length; could you try it?

[kiranchavala]

@GutoVeronezi , yes thanks the global setting is working but it would also be great if vm password can be customized based or similar to user password global settings

[isupersky]

@kiranchavala Can you please elaborate more on the requirements.

[sureshanaparti]

@kiranchavala The length of randomly generated vm password can be controlled through vm.password.length config, any other requirement here?

[kiranchavala]

Thanks @sureshanaparti @GutoVeronezi global setting "vm.password.length" solves the issue

But I wanted the vmpassword configuration to be more granular similar to user/account password global setting configuration

Will close the issue as there is similar PR #6861 open