diff --git a/playbooks/lxc-containers-create.yml b/playbooks/lxc-containers-create.yml
index dbc5aa4..0b5110a 100644
--- a/playbooks/lxc-containers-create.yml
+++ b/playbooks/lxc-containers-create.yml
@@ -22,4 +22,5 @@
     - { role: "lxc_container_create", tags: [ "lxc-container-create" ] }
   vars:
     ansible_hostname: "{{ container_name }}"
-    is_metal: "{{ properties.is_metal|default(false) }}"
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+    is_metal: "{{ properties.is_metal|default(false) }}"
+    lxc_container_release: "{{ properties.container_release|default('trusty') }}"
diff --git a/playbooks/roles/lxc_container_create/defaults/main.yml b/playbooks/roles/lxc_container_create/defaults/main.yml
index 4969649..72793c3 100644
--- a/playbooks/roles/lxc_container_create/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/playbooks/roles/lxc_container_create/defaults/main.yml
@@ -29,6 +29,12 @@ lxc_container_vg_name: lxc

 # Default image to build from
 lxc_container_release: trusty
+lxc_container_user_password: "{{ lookup('pipe', 'date --rfc-3339=ns | sha512sum | base64 | head -c 32') }}"
+lxc_container_user_name: ubuntu
+lxc_container_template_options: >
+  --release {{ lxc_container_release }}
+  --user {{ lxc_container_user_name }}
+  --password {{ lxc_container_user_password }}

 lxc_container_template_main_apt_repo: "http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu"
 lxc_container_template_security_apt_repo: "http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu"
diff --git a/playbooks/roles/lxc_container_create/tasks/container_create.yml b/playbooks/roles/lxc_container_create/tasks/container_create.yml
index bf2a4f7..efdbfc7 100644
--- a/playbooks/roles/lxc_container_create/tasks/container_create.yml
+++ b/playbooks/roles/lxc_container_create/tasks/container_create.yml
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@
     fs_size: "{{ lxc_container_fs_size }}"
     fs_type: "{{ lxc_container_fs_type }}"
     vg_name: "{{ lxc_container_vg_name }}"
-    template_options: "--release {{ properties.container_release|default(lxc_container_release) }}"
+    template_options: "{{ lxc_container_template_options }}"
     container_command: |
       mkdir -p ~/.ssh/
       if [ ! -f "~/.ssh/authorized_keys" ];then
@@ -91,6 +91,17 @@
   tags:
     - lxc-container-create

+- name: Force container user password set
+  lxc-container:
+    name: "{{ inventory_hostname }}"
+    container_command: |
+      if [ "$(getent passwd {{ lxc_container_user_name }})" ];then
+        echo "{{ lxc_container_user_name }}:{{ lxc_container_user_password }}" | chpasswd;
+      fi
+  delegate_to: "{{ physical_host }}"
+  tags:
+    - lxc-user-password-regen
+
 - name: Container network interfaces
   lxc-container:
     name: "{{ inventory_hostname }}"