MAAS 2.8 will require user a user provided private key and certificate to access LXD. I have started to work on a branch which does this and noticed that both power and pod drivers can only have text, password, or choice fields. The private key and certificate are both files with multiple lines.
generating credentials:
openssl req -newkey rsa:4096 -nodes -keyout lxd.key -out lxd.csr
openssl x509 -signkey lxd.key -in lxd.csr -req -days 365 -out lxd.crt
Example private key:
-----BEGIN PRIVATE KEY-----
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-----END PRIVATE KEY-----
Example certificate:
-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----
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-----END CERTIFICATE-----
Note the size of the private key and certificate will defer based on the key size the user specifies. For example:
openssl req -newkey rsa:8192 -nodes -keyout lxd.key -out lxd.csr
openssl x509 -signkey lxd.key -in lxd.csr -req -days 365 -out lxd.crt
Private key: qhkiG9w0BAQEFAA SCEiwwghIoAgEAA oIEAQC5YsGRbSDM ruP6 QQKQVPmgEpSLO1l ELWK++xibq882fa OaxnE3Y6Q+ ZuNQPmLcax rsDFO6nZc+ wlraGWw9THXxiJ1 1kE/UG2GXXZ9D0G mUZHAL0u+ /lFewQkAryY2v9H gZTvn0rVwacWLFk MLjG0MfttCKCWRa 7RUA 5bdUx2A454CYR0K P/dWma9LCZKetit oCkRdX867buH5Pr RMnY z9o0vxuCieghPz4 WrYDkDIQhbGSM0V tEFvpACgQ/ NZztNXne2 CndKzKBP2BG280D O488T1KCtC0Gcn6 vpdNDCD9/ ixq6LZWNkEbdBPB mce JP4CpipIqnkXKbF VF5rEC4rGA4SlHb /crbGgiDNP8ZTLN E7r5 tAIqWtnBTMbC7WO rcJ30iWrAXCrpov UXxAz7gnUP0gYxx vaw5 qqQjvMTLzux9U11 LNfOau9bfYk3s+ 74f/OAe2HNLChZU 1WRzn srXuXmULy484YdQ mf9Xt0G20TzAc1t YsgHiI/ 1uzpPVaQmxzr jli+xmhpYdJZuVp n+PdEyMZJmGD8BJ ENulXy9fgmErDDR mJ0v 8Gxw4XsVQ0Xxaas l2lBYC0GLe3ne6H 1VIWsdgA9HQy1TP lOjIIIArngQ t59eWdL65wX7prO 1ftCLxpNDcseMFj PjnktiA8KK761KC EyMr PTQM7CyaQ2sgvsE VK7uLY5NzeZkK3n BWj/+wxVLm5Z4eC twuS Di0kdTkKUIZ3Okp QP1XqOU0RpKuyF5 C8kkoLiSD0/ ilLDVNZ43m 7UpzESmUKA97PyX dH+Sv8iTtUdh+ i2b1YUcavvlwD/ GrMWQHV Dd/C/Ja78JsTzFd SwVlm94FLhXf6jc 4MnlQpvYGqMQU6m tU+o HVTE0aWmgh0CVUM ZUfJCiTlzXXXfm2 /DKBAhY6/ Oy61UwvE4s hBq8RBzZljejhF6 8RYHJKGusebxmuk MaDBPFrIeWa/ tsDOi8a O4P3QOuBTzTBW2h 5xdi94mYEDZkw92 G9I5tX9ITUqzMph yCOSS e/3wd6xINyTdlje ryzNyg6VcUvYZwS ylyGLX7crdKa7zq K09Z CggQAa3C+ umfCoJ2jZyc2+ fjK5/tOPW1Wh58e gtnAXorSDCRW 60dvS27qyluVapQ fAKhtd9FzmRpo6N syKD2UO6RSiAdE5 1y58Rd2y/ v /AGZea3BSHfAcRo OipIAo3qIeFIBsO SUB3Iy+ nVpoEniHczh9 N9Q0xw8mR5s42qT PJ/g+uZFQKxMId9 qD/z/BFpNOQux4b Miv3 KWKpYsHJz3GHUun 9tc6782Ngr/ latB5zO6Jq1jMD4 I3ISKx8c PGYMttyXRYLu5dM eRHZxxl2WbiRmqq UZK+0PpzYnk0AYH WgXj zxJSylsCVVanHFm WhkcHjemSaE5lnT fHcy67QBHJY7/ Y2gHB0 DdBkp6MICgb6syI nszPQpOdV5mG4Gp zS0fPFZYKtvQegE gy+v Lxwg4f4OR+ pnK+lZAXMzw3+ g+JDsxMOl8TavLv RZudn/KlkvgZ2nP I n4xQ38+ WUiEQfC4IP7D/ DKqMnptZuFjUb8F 7CyEN8t4QrR6Vc 2LjEIrHMFbs+ rwbcD9a6UeKr6Fg QYQVukZC4Aii/ DoQxAusTd a8MLOXdUCkSnHFL K21/LzgiCNAZ9ZG W9CQN1GSgY0KMUj DGpH IUPfxrt/ bdNA5yb00fKQ3Ex YtPgWuojlR5sPD+ jrZVT3ssTzCWd xXj1q/97hoNI5SW H3U9L0FGZtOdOBJ 6Iya6u184JTVf23 uJ3Y KuErRx2NoctgWGR ssXB5YsneqoqLq+ HRXZHJjD/ Hl7uTyrx/ B MpuEqg130CO/ deXmvF8HxXdWwb2 OLn5qWlZw+ XBr6pZvOyjB/ YG+7DgvthzyL5ED qknclkNIOy/ MVJ0TrJCHGdFGoN jypnC74lCY UXq5mO1NPoP1JHc kz4B2+vIy9geZwZ 9M1tziP8ibAlESO E2e/ xn8Dc56APTnnWJZ cMroVQSfxrW4/ k7mPJyn4v9oa4ut Ok+TRg QsAqSrAgLjPGLBI EzSOuYXLL953pfJ 039aAc4Sr/ 9KyHo4t3w G29KyzfsqnLFfcS Efc9urNZKAF8TtT Hc3M9U6Bs6cyZ2W hnEU Wz06an7HzZvjzaJ JYoWt1J+ oVXiNZyQKCAgEA5 OV6xay087htcfXu x22PNodQI32/ DoW0tH7hbT1RQWZ 6TycL.. .
-----BEGIN PRIVATE KEY-----
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