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Hello,

Can you provide more information on how did you install the Cloudbase-Init? Did you use the installer?

By default, Cloudbase-Init runs under user cloudbase-init. At each service start, the password is reset for that user and the process is restarted using the new credentials. This behaviour is used to avoid 'pass the hash attacks' from cloned instances.

Also, there is a cli option that disables the password reset (do not use it if you have in your cloud the option to snapshot and reinstatiate the image): resetservicepassword = True. If you set it to False, then the password reset is not performed. Note this is a cli config option, not a file configuration option. It should be used like this: cloudbase-init.exe --resetserviceoption=False --config-file <path to="" config="" file="">.

The best course of action is to install the service under LocalSystem. Still, if you can provide the Cloudbase-Init logs and the way you installed Cloudbase-Init, it would be great to debug and solve the initial issue.

Thanks.

Hello,

Can you provide more information on how did you install the Cloudbase-Init? Did you use the installer?

By default, Cloudbase-Init runs under user cloudbase-init. At each service start, the password is reset for that user and the process is restarted using the new credentials. This behaviour is used to avoid 'pass the hash attacks' hash' attacks from cloned instances.

Also, there is a cli option that disables the password reset (do not use it if you have in your cloud the option to snapshot and reinstatiate the image): resetservicepassword = True. If you set it to False, then the password reset is not performed. Note this is a cli config option, not a file configuration option. It should be used like this: cloudbase-init.exe --resetserviceoption=False --config-file <path to="" config="" file="">.

The best course of action is to install the service under LocalSystem. Still, if you can provide the Cloudbase-Init logs and the way you installed Cloudbase-Init, it would be great to debug and solve the initial issue.

Thanks.