What Should I Do If Starting an ECS Remains in "Waiting for cloudResetPwdAgent" State?

Symptom

During ECS startup, it remains in "Waiting for cloudResetPwdAgent" state for 20-30 seconds.

Figure 1 Starting cloudResetPwdAgent

Possible Causes

This issue is caused by the intranet DNS and user-defined DNS configurations.

Solution

1. Log in to the ECS as user root.
2. Run the following command to modify the /etc/cloud/cloud.cfg configuration file:

   vi /etc/cloud/cloud.cfg

3. Add the following statement to the configuration file:

   manage_etc_hosts: true

   Figure 2 Editing the configuration file