VM recovery via cloud console: Difference between revisions

That will boot the kernel, initialize <code>initrd</code> and execute <code>/bin/bash</code> as the <code>init</code> process. Now, we basically landed in memory and are mounted r/o, since the userspace <code>init</code> process is supposed to take care of the root filesystem; the kernel just needs to know where to find it before it hands over the control. To do a useful recovery, the next steps will be to remount the initrd filesystem r/w, mount the OS image disk, chroot into it, set a root password and restart the VM. After a successful restart, we can login as root. Take note that bash has no <code>reboot</code> or any power control mechanism, so we have to unmount everything cleanly and stop the VM.

After the VM has started, you can now login as user root with the password you have chosen. Once completed, remove the root password again, or disable direct root logins via ssh.