Photon OS

  • 1.  OVA root password?

    Posted Sep 01, 2015 08:34 AM

    Hello,

    I want to evaluate the OVA photon version and I am wondering what the login credentials are.

    I can not find any documentation on the OVA setup in particular.

    I helped myself by installing it from the ISO and it works with a custom password.

    Does anyone know the login credentials for "root" for the OVA setup?

    Photon OS™ by VMware®

    Carsten



  • 2.  RE: OVA root password?

    Broadcom Employee
    Posted Sep 01, 2015 09:18 AM

    Hi,

    Please try "changeme". 

    -Qi (Keira)



  • 3.  RE: OVA root password?

    Posted Sep 01, 2015 12:38 PM

    BINGO

    it is "chamgeme" !



  • 4.  RE: OVA root password?

    Posted Dec 30, 2020 11:45 AM

    Hi,

    I have downloaded the file "photon-3-kube-v1.19.3-vmware.1.ova" and I use "VMware-player-16.1.0-17198959.exe". I tried different password for "root" : "changeme" or "chamgeme"... it doesn't work at all.

    (The keyboard is switched to US and I have a azerty keybord (french)) but it doesn't work too.....

    Can you help me please ?

    thanks



  • 5.  RE: OVA root password?

    Posted Jan 06, 2021 07:07 AM

    Hi  

    this OVA is for deploying a Tanzu Cluster. This product works on vSpehere. You can see a guide:

    https://www.msystechnologies.com/blog/how-to-deploy-tanzu-kubernetes-grid-cluster-on-vmware-vsphere-infrastructure-in-9-steps/

    on the other hand, you can run kubernetes on Photon OS https://vmware.github.io/photon/

    a step by step guide https://www.vmtocloud.com/install-kubernetes-on-vmware-photon-in-15-min-or-less/

    best regards



  • 6.  RE: OVA root password?

    Posted Feb 09, 2021 02:07 AM

    Yes, I'm facing the same issue ,

    download ova photon-3-kube-v1.18.10-vmware.1 done. , deploy, login root but the password when type changeme is wrong.

    download ova photon-3-kube-v1.19.3-vmware.1 done, again, what is the password ?

    please help.



  • 7.  RE: OVA root password?

    Posted Feb 13, 2021 04:33 PM

    case distinction:

    photon-hw13-4.0-a3a49f5400.ova
    This .ova shows as annotation:

    429 <AnnotationSection>
    430
    431 <Info>Description of the Product</Info>
    432
    433 <Annotation>This OVA provides a UEFI secure boot enabled minimal installed profile of PhotonOS.
    434
    435 Default password for root user is changeme. However user will be prompted to change the password during first login.
    436
    437 </Annotation>
    438
    439
    440
    441 </AnnotationSection>

     

    photon-3-kube-v1.19.3-vmware.1.ova
    This .ova shows as annotation:

       3319 <AnnotationSection>
       3320 <Info>A human-readable annotation</Info>
       3321 <Annotation>Cluster API vSphere image - VMware Photon OS 64-bit and Kubernetes v1.19.3+vmware.1 - https://github.com/kubernetes- sigs/cluster-api-provider-vsphere</Annotation>
       3322 </AnnotationSection>

       There are some culprits using username administrator@vsphere.local + password, see https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-Tanzu-Kubernetes-Grid/1.2.1/rn/VMware-Tanzu-Kubernetes-Grid-121-Release-Notes.html

     

    Hope this helps. Daniel