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Obtaining the Password for Logging In to an ECS

Function

This API is used to obtain the random password generated for user Administrator or the user configured in Cloudbase-Init when you use a Cloudbase-Init-enabled image to create a Windows ECS.

Linux ECSs do not support this API.

URI

GET /v1/{project_id}/cloudservers/{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 ID, see Obtaining a Project ID.

server_id

Yes

Specifies the ECS ID.

Request

None

Response

Table 2 describes the response parameters.
Table 2 Response parameters

Parameter

Type

Description

password

String

Specifies the password in ciphertext.

Example Request

Obtain a random password of the initial administrator account (administrator or the account configured in Cloudbase-Init) of a specified Windows ECS.

GET https://{endpoint}/v1/{project_id}/cloudservers/{server_id}/os-server-password

Example Response

{
    "password": "UHC9+YW1xDC1Yu8M*****************************"
}

Returned Values

See Returned Values for General Requests.

Parent topic: Password Management