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Logging in to the Volume Gateway local console

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Logging in to the Volume Gateway local console - AWS Storage Gateway
Setting the Local Console Password from the Storage Gateway Console

When the VM is ready for you to log in, the login screen is displayed. If this is your first time logging in to the local console, you use the default sign-in credentials to log in. These default login credentials give you access to menus where you can configure gateway network settings and change the password from the local console. Storage Gateway allows you to set your own password from the AWS Storage Gateway console instead of changing the password from the local console. You don't need to know the default password to set a new password. For more information, see Setting the Local Console Password from the Storage Gateway Console.

To log in to the gateway's local console

  • If this is your first time logging in to the local console, log in to the VM with the default credentials. The default user name is admin and the password is password.

    Otherwise, use your credentials to log in.

    Note

    We recommend changing the default password by entering the corresponding numeral for Gateway Console from the AWS Appliance Activation - Configuration main menu, then running the passwd command. For information about how to run the command, see Running storage gateway commands in the local console for an on-premises gateway. You can also set your own password from the AWS Storage Gateway console. For more information, see Setting the Local Console Password from the Storage Gateway Console.

    Important

    For older versions of the volume or Tape Gateway, the user name is sguser and the password is sgpassword. If you reset your password and your gateway is updated to a newer version, your the user name will change to admin but the password will be maintained.

Setting the Local Console Password from the Storage Gateway Console

When you log in to the local console for the first time, you log in to the VM with the default credentials— The user name is admin and the password is password. We recommend that you always set a new password immediately after you create your new gateway. You can set this password from the AWS Storage Gateway console rather than the local console if you want. You don't need to know the default password to set a new password.

To set the local console password on the Storage Gateway console

  1. Open the Storage Gateway console at https://console.aws.amazon.com/storagegateway/home.

  2. On the navigation pane, choose Gateways then choose the gateway for which you want to set a new password.

  3. For Actions, choose Set Local Console Password.

  4. In the Set Local Console Password dialog box, type a new password, confirm the password and then choose Save. Your new password replaces the default password. Storage Gateway does not save the password but rather safely transmits it to the VM.

    Note

    The password can consist of any character on the keyboard and can be 1 to 512 characters long.

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