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Update docs for password encryption

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Mark Gurevich 2023-01-24 10:05:02 -05:00
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docs/source/guides/admin-guides/manage_clusters/ppc64le/configure/password.rst
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Configure passwords
===================
#. Configure the system password for the ``root`` user on the compute nodes.
#. Configure the system password for the ``root`` user on the compute nodes. This password can be provided in encrypted or clear text form using the :doc:`chtab </guides/admin-guides/references/man8/chtab.8>` command.
* Clear text: ::
* Set using the :doc:`chtab </guides/admin-guides/references/man8/chtab.8>` command: ::
chtab key=system passwd.username=root passwd.password=abc123
To encrypt the password using ``openssl``, use the following command: ::
* Encrypted using ``openssl``: ::
chtab key=system passwd.username=root passwd.password=`openssl passwd -1 abc123`

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docs/source/guides/get-started/quick_start.rst
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wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/xcat2/xcat-core/master/xCAT-server/share/xcat/tools/go-xcat -O - >/tmp/go-xcat
chmod +x /tmp/go-xcat
go-xcat --yes install
/tmp/go-xcat --yes install
source /etc/profile.d/xcat.sh
#. Configure the system password for the root user on the compute nodes: ::
#. Configure the system password for the ```root`` user on the compute nodes: ::
chtab key=system passwd.username=root passwd.password=abc123
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copycds RHEL-7.6-20181010.0-Server-x86_64-dvd1.iso
After ``copycds``, the corresponding basic osimage will be generated automatically. And then you can list the new osimage name here. You can refer document to customize the package list or postscript for target compute nodes, but here just use the default one: ::
After ``copycds``, the corresponding basic osimage will be generated automatically. Later, package list or postscripts for target compute nodes can be customised. List generated osimages: ::
lsdef -t osimage

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perl-xCAT/xCAT/Schema.pm
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descriptions => {
key => 'The type of component this user/pw is for. Valid values: blade (management module), ipmi (BMC), system (nodes), omapi (DHCP), hmc, ivm, cec, frame, switch.',
username => 'The default userid for this type of component',
password => 'The default password for this type of component. On Linux, a crypted form could be provided. Hashes starting with $1$, $5$ and $6$ (md5, sha256 and sha512 respectively) are supported.',
password => 'The default password for this type of component. On Linux, a crypted form could be provided for the "system" component, which will be used during initial node provisioning. Hashes starting with $1$, $5$ and $6$ (md5, sha256 and sha512 respectively) are supported.',
cryptmethod => 'Indicates the method to use to encrypt the password attribute. On AIX systems, if a value is provided for this attribute it indicates that the password attribute is encrypted. If the cryptmethod value is not set it indicates the password is a simple string value. On Linux systems, the cryptmethod can be set to md5, sha256 or sha512. If not set, sha256 will be used as default to encrypt plain-text passwords.',
authdomain => 'The domain in which this entry has meaning, e.g. specifying different domain administrators per active directory domain',
comments => 'Any user-written notes.',