Get root password for Google Cloud Engine VM

Question

I just finished installing cPanel in a CentOS VM in Google Cloud Engine and cPanel said the default username is root and the default password is the server\'s root password.

Answer 1

I had the same problem. Even after updating the password using sudo passwd it was not working. I had to give "multiple" roles for my user through IAM & Admin Refer Screen Shot on IAM & Admin screen of google cloud

After that i restarted the VM. Then again changed the password and then it worked.

user1@sap-hanaexpress-public-1-vm:~> sudo passwd
New password: 
Retype new password: 
passwd: password updated successfully
user1@sap-hanaexpress-public-1-vm:~> su
Password: 
sap-hanaexpress-public-1-vm:/home/user1 # whoami
root
sap-hanaexpress-public-1-vm:/home/user1 #