diff --git a/tests/infrared/17.1/README.md b/tests/infrared/17.1/README.md
index 15bcf37a9..0db5c0734 100644
--- a/tests/infrared/17.1/README.md
+++ b/tests/infrared/17.1/README.md
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 OCP_ROUTE_IP="10.0.100.50" \
 CA_CERT_FILE_CONTENT="$(oc get secret/default-interconnect-selfsigned -o jsonpath='{.data.ca\.crt}' | base64 -d)" \
 AMQP_HOST="$(oc get route default-interconnect-5671 -ojsonpath='{.spec.host}')" \
+AMQP_PASS="$(oc get secret default-interconnect-users -o json | jq -r .data.guest | base64 -d)" \
 ENABLE_STF_CONNECTORS=true \
 ENABLE_GNOCCHI_CONNECTORS=false \
 CONTROLLER_MEMORY="24000" \
diff --git a/tests/infrared/17.1/infrared-openstack.sh b/tests/infrared/17.1/infrared-openstack.sh
index 9743a0081..a55de8894 100755
--- a/tests/infrared/17.1/infrared-openstack.sh
+++ b/tests/infrared/17.1/infrared-openstack.sh
@@ -1,12 +1,11 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 set -e
 
-# Usage:
-#  VIRTHOST=my.big.hypervisor.net
-#  ./infrared-openstack.sh
+# Usage: See README.md
 VIRTHOST=${VIRTHOST:-localhost}
 AMQP_HOST=${AMQP_HOST:-stf-default-interconnect-5671-service-telemetry.apps-crc.testing}
 AMQP_PORT=${AMQP_PORT:-443}
+AMQP_PASS=${AMQP_PASS:-}
 SSH_KEY="${SSH_KEY:-${HOME}/.ssh/id_rsa}"
 NTP_SERVER="${NTP_SERVER:-clock.redhat.com,10.5.27.10,10.11.160.238}"
 CLOUD_NAME="${CLOUD_NAME:-cloud1}"
@@ -97,7 +96,7 @@ ir_create_undercloud() {
 }
 
 stf_create_config() {
-  sed -r "s/<<AMQP_HOST>>/${AMQP_HOST}/;s/<<AMQP_PORT>>/${AMQP_PORT}/;s/<<CLOUD_NAME>>/${CLOUD_NAME}/;s%<<CA_CERT_FILE_CONTENT>>%${CA_CERT_FILE_CONTENT//$'\n'/<@@@>}%;s/<@@@>/\n                /g" ${STF_ENVIRONMENT_TEMPLATE} > outputs/stf-connectors.yaml
+  sed -r "s/<<AMQP_HOST>>/${AMQP_HOST}/;s/<<AMQP_PORT>>/${AMQP_PORT}/;s/<<AMQP_PASS>>/${AMQP_PASS}/;s/<<CLOUD_NAME>>/${CLOUD_NAME}/;s%<<CA_CERT_FILE_CONTENT>>%${CA_CERT_FILE_CONTENT//$'\n'/<@@@>}%;s/<@@@>/\n                /g" ${STF_ENVIRONMENT_TEMPLATE} > outputs/stf-connectors.yaml
 }
 
 gnocchi_create_config() {
@@ -167,6 +166,11 @@ if [ -z "${CA_CERT_FILE_CONTENT}" ]; then
     exit 1
 fi
 
+if [ -z "${AMQP_PASS}" ]; then
+    echo "AMQP_PASS must be set and passed to the deployment, or QDR will fail to connect."
+    exit 1
+fi
+
 time if ${TEMPEST_ONLY}; then
   echo "-- Running tempest tests"
   ir_run_tempest
diff --git a/tests/infrared/17.1/stf-connectors.yaml.template b/tests/infrared/17.1/stf-connectors.yaml.template
index 1031e097b..1dfa26827 100644
--- a/tests/infrared/17.1/stf-connectors.yaml.template
+++ b/tests/infrared/17.1/stf-connectors.yaml.template
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@ custom_templates:
               role: edge
               verifyHostname: false
               sslProfile: sslProfile
+              saslUsername: guest@default-interconnect
+              saslPassword: pass:<<AMQP_PASS>>
 
         MetricsQdrSSLProfiles:
             - name: sslProfile