From 4719f3a775005a575e3cd6b68fb249092d7c248d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Sayan Das <saydas@redhat.com>
Date: Wed, 9 Oct 2024 21:35:52 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] Fixes #37901 - Set root password through Cloudinit
 deployments

---
 .../provisioning_templates/cloud_init/cloud_init_default.erb | 5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

diff --git a/app/views/unattended/provisioning_templates/cloud_init/cloud_init_default.erb b/app/views/unattended/provisioning_templates/cloud_init/cloud_init_default.erb
index 6df0e79c2b4..db5ea5a3311 100644
--- a/app/views/unattended/provisioning_templates/cloud_init/cloud_init_default.erb
+++ b/app/views/unattended/provisioning_templates/cloud_init/cloud_init_default.erb
@@ -42,6 +42,11 @@ users: {}
 runcmd:
 - |
 <%= indent(2) { snippet 'fix_hosts' } -%>
+<% if @host.provision_method == 'image' && root_pass.present? -%>
+- |
+  # Install the root password
+  echo 'root:<%= root_pass -%>' | /usr/sbin/chpasswd -e
+<% end -%>
 - |
 <%= indent(2) { snippet 'yum_proxy' } -%>
 - |