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Chapter 16. Working with System Virtual Machines

16.1. The System VM Template
16.2. Accessing System VMs
16.3. Multiple System VM Support for VMware
16.4. Console Proxy
16.4.1. Using a SSL Certificate for the Console Proxy
16.4.2. Changing the Console Proxy SSL Certificate and Domain
16.5. Virtual Router
16.5.1. Configuring the Virtual Router
16.5.2. Upgrading a Virtual Router with System Service Offerings
16.5.3. Best Practices for Virtual Routers
16.6. Secondary Storage VM
CloudStack uses several types of system virtual machines to perform tasks in the cloud. In general CloudStack manages these system VMs and creates, starts, and stops them as needed based on scale and immediate needs. However, the administrator should be aware of them and their roles to assist in debugging issues.

Note

You can configure the system.vm.random.password parameter to create a random system VM password to ensure higher security. If you reset the value for system.vm.random.password to true and restart the Management Server, a random password is generated and stored encrypted in the database. You can view the decrypted password under the system.vm.password global parameter on the CloudStack UI or by calling the listConfigurations API.