Changing the password of an OpenStack user
Having created at least one OpenStack API user, you may at any time change their password. You do so using the Cleura Cloud Management Panel, or the OpenStack CLI.
From your favorite web browser, navigate to the Cleura Cloud Management Panel start page, and login into your Cleura Cloud account.
Make sure the left-hand side vertical pane is fully visible, click the Users category to expand it, and click once more on Openstack Users.
All of your OpenStack users, categorized by Cleura Cloud region, appear on the main pane.
Locate the OpenStack user you wish to change their password, click the orange icon at the right of its row, and from the drop-down menu that appears, select Modify Openstack user.
A vertical pane, titled Modify Openstack User, slides over from the right-hand side of the browser window. Notice the text field labeled Password. There, type-in a new password for the OpenStack user. When ready, confirm with a click on the green Update button.
First, source the RC file of the OpenStack user you wish to change their password. Then, change it as follows:
$ openstack user password set
Current Password:
New Password:
Repeat New Password:
Before the new password is set, you are asked to enter the current password. Next, you enter the new password two times, for security reasons. Notice that what you type is not echoed on the terminal.
Whenever the command above executes successfully, it returns no further output.
Updating local files
After changing the password of a specific OpenStack user, please do not forget to update your local copy of the corresponding RC file – and then source it.
Finally, do the same for any clouds.yaml file that still has the old OpenStack user password.