3. Obtaining Password and Logging in to Acronis Software-Defined Infrastructure¶

After launching the instance, you need to obtain the default Acronis Software-Defined Infrastructure admin panel password, which is stored inside the instance in /.initial-admin-password.

You can access the instance via SSH, using the previously generated key. For example, on Linux or Mac:

# chmod 400 astor-23.pem
# ssh -i astor-23.pem cloud-user@ec2-18-197-117-93.eu-central-1.compute.amazonaws.com
# cat /.initial-admin-password

Alternatively, you can access the password file via SFTP. For example, on Windows and Mac, you can use a program like CyberDuck:

1. Click Open Connection.

2. Fill out the connection details: select SFTP as protocol, paste the instance hostname, enter user name cloud-user, and specify the previously generated key.

   

3. Click Connect and accept the server fingerprint.

4. Navigate to the home directory, i.e. /home/cloud-user.

   

5. The password file is hidden, so click View > Show Hidden Files in order to make it visible in the SFTP client.

   

6. Download and open the password file .initial-admin-password.

   

Using the password, log in to the Acronis Software-Defined Infrastructure admin panel as admin at the instance hostname and port 8888. For example, https://ec2-18-197-117-93.eu-central-1.compute.amazonaws.com:8888/.

Take note of the following:

1. Consider changing the password to one that you will remember and that will be complex enough to resist a brute-force attack.
2. The instance will be using a self-signed certificate by default, so you will need to either accept it in the web browser or upload a valid certificate issued by a trusted authority.

Normally, the first step after installing Acronis Software-Defined Infrastructure is to create a storage cluster. This is done automatically, however, when you launch an instance with Acronis Software-Defined Infrastructure on Amazon EC2, so you can proceed directly to setting up Backup Gateway.