diff --git a/web/support/kb/openstack/manageCustomImages.rst b/web/support/kb/openstack/manageCustomImages.rst index d123599270997d7ff556f6e415174a4c53736ed9..7b9cf402a7f156645d05232559fde88aca44fa8c 100644 --- a/web/support/kb/openstack/manageCustomImages.rst +++ b/web/support/kb/openstack/manageCustomImages.rst @@ -117,23 +117,32 @@ To retrieve the ``Administrator`` password: **NOTE:** -There is a problem in the dashboard currently: the `Retrieve password` menu -opens a window where to paste the private key and a field where to get the -password, but this mechanism fails with `Could not decrypt the password`. -However, the encrypted password is shown, and it can be de-crypted in the -following way: +- If you want create a key pair on Windows machine it is recommended create the keys in PEM format. For example with the ssh-keygen tool you can use this command:: + + ssh-keygen -m PEM -- Copy-paste the encrypted password + Alternatively if you already have a key pair and in the CLI method you receive ``unable to load Private Key`` error, you can convert your private key in the PEM format:: -- Decode the encrypted password and save to a file:: - - echo "<encrypted_password>" | base64 -d > encrypt_pass.txt - -- Decrypt the password:: - - openssl rsautl -decrypt -in encrypt_pass.txt -out plain.txt -inkey <your_private_ssh_key> + ssh-keygen -p -m PEM -f ~/.ssh/id_rsa + + +- There is a problem in the dashboard currently: the `Retrieve password` menu + opens a window where to paste the private key and a field where to get the + password, but this mechanism fails with `Could not decrypt the password`. + However, the encrypted password is shown, and it can be de-crypted in the + following way: + + - Copy-paste the encrypted password + + - Decode the encrypted password and save to a file:: + + echo "<encrypted_password>" | base64 -d > encrypt_pass.txt + + - Decrypt the password:: + + openssl rsautl -decrypt -in encrypt_pass.txt -out plain.txt -inkey <your_private_ssh_key> -- Find the decripted password in file ``plain.txt`` + - Find the decripted password in file ``plain.txt`` Managing KVM images