Accessing Windows instance

Windows host system allows RDP access allowed for the Administrators group. By default there are two users in this group:

• Admin - the password for this account is defined by admin_pass OpenStack instance metadata, if no value is entered for this key, a random password is generated. (could be used for orchestration).
• Administrator - the password must be filled after instantiation of the system.

The next step is to create a security group, that will allow access to a port 3389 (RDP protocol) for the instance.

We recommend disabling those accounts, creating new ones to administer Windows instances in any production environment.

• We are not currently supporting Windows licensing. License responsibility for Windows is entirely up to the user.

• You may use all features of cloudbase-init for Windows.
• Windows Server hardening guidelines.