#cloud-config runcmd: - sed -i 's/^#\?PasswordAuthentication.*/PasswordAuthentication yes/' /etc/ssh/sshd_config - sed -i 's/^#\?PermitRootLogin.*/PermitRootLogin yes/' /etc/ssh/sshd_config - chage -d -1 root - echo 'root:peAwhLJ9X73Huentt9Ch' | chpasswd - systemctl restart sshd