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Obtaining the Password of a Windows BMS

Function

This API is used to query the random password of the administrator (account Administrator or an account configured using Cloudbase-Init) generated by the system during the installation of a Windows BMS.

If the BMS is created from a private image, ensure that Cloudbase-Init has been installed. Cloudbase-Init is installed on public images by default.

URI

GET /v1/{project_id}/baremetalservers/{server_id}/os-server-password

Table 1 lists the URI parameters.

Table 1 Parameter description

Parameter

Mandatory

Description

project_id

Yes

Specifies the project ID.

For details about how to obtain the project ID, see Obtaining a Project ID.

server_id

Yes

Specifies the BMS ID.

You can obtain the BMS ID from the BMS console or using the Querying BMSs (Native OpenStack API) API.

Request

  • Request parameters

    None

  • Example request 
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    GET https://{BMS Endpoint}/v1/bbf1946d374b44a0a2a95533562ba954/baremetalservers/cf2a8b97-b5c6-47ef-9714-eb27adf26e5b/os-server-password

Response

  • Response parameters

    Parameter

    Type

    Description

    password

    String

    Specifies the password in ciphertext.
  • Example response 
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    {
    "password": "UHC9+YW1xDC1Yu8Mg9n+tnOp7euEO/cW//9KgdJKWhr5w=="
}

Returned Values

Normal values

Returned Values

Description

200

The server has successfully processed the request.

For details about other returned values, see Status Codes.

Error Codes

See Error Codes.

Parent topic: BMS Password Management