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elastic-cloud-enterprise.sh reset-adminconsole-password

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elastic-cloud-enterprise.sh reset-adminconsole-password

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NAME

bash elastic-cloud-enterprise.sh reset-adminconsole-password — Reset administration console user passwords

SYNOPSIS

bash elastic-cloud-enterprise.sh reset-adminconsole-password
[--host-docker-host "PATH_NAME/docker.sock"]
[--secrets PATH_TO_SECRETS_FILE] [--pwd NEW_PASSWORD] [--user USER_NAME]
[--host-storage-path PATH_NAME] [[--]help]

REQUIRED PRIVILEGES

To run this script, a user must be part of the docker group. The host that you run this script on must be the first host that you installed Elastic Cloud Enterprise on or a host that holds the director role.

DESCRIPTION

Resets the password for an administration console user that you use to log into the Cloud UI.

PARAMETERS

--host-docker-host /PATH_NAME/docker.sock
Specifies the location of the Docker socket used to communicate with the Docker daemon. Defaults to /var/run/docker.sock.
--secrets PATH_TO_SECRETS_FILE
Specifies a path to a file with secrets. If not specified, attempts to use HOST_STORAGE_PATH/bootstrap-state/bootstrap-secrets.json, where HOST_STORAGE_PATH is the host storage path used by the Elastic Cloud Enterprise installation.
--host-storage-path PATH_NAME
Specifies the host storage path used by the Elastic Cloud Enterprise installation. Defaults to /mnt/data/elastic. Used for determining the default locations of the secrets file and log files.
--user USER_NAME
Specifies the user whose password is changed. Defaults to admin.
--pwd NEW_PASSWORD
Specifies a new password for the user specified. Defaults to generating a new strong password.

Examples

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Reset the password for the user admin on the administration console based on the secrets in /mnt/data/elastic/bootstrap-state/bootstrap-secrets.json:

bash elastic-cloud-enterprise.sh reset-adminconsole-password --user admin

Set the password for the user admin in the administration console based on the secrets in /mnt/data/elastic/bootstrap-state/bootstrap-secrets.json:

bash elastic-cloud-enterprise.sh reset-adminconsole-password --user admin --pwd NEW_PASSWORD

Reset the password for the read-only user readonly on the administration console based on the secrets file in a specified location:

bash elastic-cloud-enterprise.sh reset-adminconsole-password --secrets /data/secrets/boostrap-secrets.json --user readonly

Specifies the password for the default user (admin) on the administration console if the secrets file /mnt/data/elastic/bootstrap-state/bootstrap-secrets.json does not exist:

bash elastic-cloud-enterprise.sh reset-adminconsole-password
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