First Boot of the Lighthouse VM

Note:  This section does not apply to Azure or AWS.

During boot, two screens open.

  1. The first screen prompts to Select Lighthouse boot mode and displays four options:

    • Graphics console boot

    • Graphics console recovery mode

    • Serial console boot

    • Serial console recovery mode

      Graphics console boot is preselected and should not be changed. After the first boot has completed a message displays:

      Welcome to Lighthouse. This is software version:
      202504.

  2. The final step in the initial setup displays:

    To complete initial setup, please set a new root password.
    Press ENTER to continue.

  3. After pressing Enter, a prompt displays:

    Enter new root password:

  4. Enter a password and press Enter.

    Note:  It is recommended that you set a temporary password at this point and change it to a very strong high-entropy password as soon as possible using the WebUI.

    Tip: Keep in mind that non-US-English keyboards are not supported in the graphics console.

  5. The confirm prompt displays:

    Confirm given password

  6. Re-enter the password and press Enter. Multiple configuration notices appear ending with a login prompt:

    lighthouse login:

  7. Enter root and press Enter. A password prompt displays:

    Password:

  8. Enter the newly-set password and press Enter. A standard bash shell prompt displays with the list of static, DHCP, and IPv6 addresses.

    net1 192.168.0.1/24
    net1:dhcp 192.168.1.186/24
    net1 fe80::a00:27ff:fe39:daa3/64
    root@lighthouse:~#