Set the application password via user-data

Define user-data on Bitnami VSI images for IBM Cloud

When you create a new server from Bitnami VSI images for IBM Cloud, you can specify the “user data” contents that you want to pass:

Define user-data on Bitnami OVA images for VMware vCenter on IBM Cloud

It is possible to customize the application password at deployment time. From the vSphere client, follow these steps:

• Once you select the application you want to launch, follow the steps shown in the get started guide.
• In the “Customize template section”, you can edit the user data. There are two options to do it: using a script (should start with a shebang) or adding the parameters for the virtual machine.

User-data formats

Follow these instructions depending on the case you wish to use:

Using a script

To configure the application password, you will need to create a file with your script also adding a parameter named “bitnami_application_password”. For example:

#!/bin/bash

# bitnami_application_password="bitnami1234"

# Do things in the script
touch /tmp/myfile

NOTE: You only need to encode the “user data” as base64 for Bitnami OVA images for VMware vCenter on IBM Cloud.

Once you have the script, you need to encode it as base64:

$ cat myScript.sh | base64 -w 0

Paste the output of the base64 command into the “user data” field.

Not using a script

If you do not need to perform actions with a script, just add the parameter to the file: For example:

# bitnami_application_password="bitnami1234"

NOTE: You only need to encode the “user data” as base64 for Bitnami OVA images for VMware vCenter on IBM Cloud.

Compute the base64 encoded value:

$ cat myFile.txt | base64 -w 0

Paste the output into the user data section.