diff --git a/charm-packages/ha_proxy_charm_vnf/ha_proxy_charm_vnfd.yaml b/charm-packages/ha_proxy_charm_vnf/ha_proxy_charm_vnfd.yaml
index d3d9767364ca094bc412e5150eb7eb4bb01f9020..53620e8cc6df132fe2ef218206390be5dea1c74c 100644
--- a/charm-packages/ha_proxy_charm_vnf/ha_proxy_charm_vnfd.yaml
+++ b/charm-packages/ha_proxy_charm_vnf/ha_proxy_charm_vnfd.yaml
@@ -43,6 +43,10 @@ vnfd:vnfd-catalog:
         vnf-configuration:
             juju:
                 charm: simple
+            config-access:
+                ssh-access:
+                    default-user: ubuntu
+                    required: true 
             initial-config-primitive:
             -   seq: 1
                 name: config
diff --git a/hackfest_basic_vnf/hackfest_basic_vnfd.yaml b/hackfest_basic_vnf/hackfest_basic_vnfd.yaml
index b516e0ff006daee69c2bd7fdc105e4e73235095b..b0ee9805d68c618fa986eac537c7c762e7bf8124 100644
--- a/hackfest_basic_vnf/hackfest_basic_vnfd.yaml
+++ b/hackfest_basic_vnf/hackfest_basic_vnfd.yaml
@@ -28,4 +28,9 @@ vnfd-catalog:
                 virtual-interface:
                     type: PARAVIRT
                 external-connection-point-ref: vnf-cp0
+        vnf-configuration:
+            config-access:
+                ssh-access:
+                    default-user: ubuntu
+                    required: true
 
diff --git a/hackfest_cloudinit_vnf/hackfest_cloudinit_vnfd.yaml b/hackfest_cloudinit_vnf/hackfest_cloudinit_vnfd.yaml
index 5c511353c55f8712fb02d9ed2b0d9659faee8a6c..b78164f56a10a8f2a2473ed919618aaba892a1a3 100644
--- a/hackfest_cloudinit_vnf/hackfest_cloudinit_vnfd.yaml
+++ b/hackfest_cloudinit_vnf/hackfest_cloudinit_vnfd.yaml
@@ -66,4 +66,9 @@ vnfd-catalog:
                 external-connection-point-ref: vnf-data
             internal-connection-point:
             -   id: dataVM-internal
+        vnf-configuration:
+            config-access:
+                ssh-access:
+                    default-user: ubuntu
+                    required: true