Patent ID: 8959510
Filing Date: 2015-02-17
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: executing, by a virtual machine (VM) hosted by a VM host server device, an initialization process of the VM, wherein the VM virtualizes a processing device and a memory of the VM host server device; pulling, by the VM as part of the initialization process, a one-time password directly from the VM host server device, the one-time password corresponding to an identity record of the VM on an identity server and provided to the VM host server device from a management server that created the one-time password, wherein the management server authenticates an administrator, that is logged into the management server and requests the initialization process of the VM, against the identity server and causes the one-time password to be generated as part of the identity record of the VM and to be pushed to the VM host server device using a secure channel previously established upon initialization of the VM host server device; and providing, by the VM, the one-time password directly to the identity server in order for the identity server to authenticate the VM.