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reset-admin-password

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    Resets the Couchbase Server administrator password

    SYNOPSIS

    couchbase-cli reset-admin-password [--cluster <url>] [--regenerate]
    [--new-password <password>]

    DESCRIPTION

    This command is used to reset the built-in Couchbase Server Administrator password. There is only one built-in Administrator account, which is managed separately from the internal and external Administrator users. External and Internal Administrator accounts can be managed using the user-manage command.

    The reset-admin-password command must be run locally on a node that is part of the cluster (i.e. must connect to the host the command is run on). This is required as reset-admin-password relies on a local authentication token, which is used to authenticate with the server and change the password. As a result, the command does not require credentials to be passed.

    OPTIONS

    -c
    --cluster

    Specfies the hostname of a node in the cluster. See the HOST FORMATS section for more information on specifying a hostname.

    --new-password <password>

    Sets the password for the Couchbase Server administrator user to the value specified by the argument. If no password is specified, the command prompts the user for the new password through non-echoed stdin.

    --regenerate

    Sets the password for the Couchbase Server administrator user to a randomly generated value. The new password is printed to the command line after the password is changed.

    HOST FORMATS

    When specifying a host for the couchbase-cli command the following formats are expected:

    • couchbase://<addr>

    • <addr>:<port>

    • http://<addr>:<port>

    It is recommended to use the couchbase://<addr> format for standard installations. The other two formats allow an option to take a port number which is needed for non-default installations where the admin port has been set up on a port other that 8091.

    EXAMPLES

    To change the administrator password to new_pwd run the following command:

    $ couchbase-cli reset-admin-password -c 192.168.1.5:8091 \
 --new-password new_pwd

    To change the administrator password to a randomly generated value, run the following command. The new password will be printed to stdout if the password is successfully changed:

    $ couchbase-cli reset-admin-password -c 192.168.1.5:8091 --regenerate
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    ENVIRONMENT AND CONFIGURATION VARIABLES

    CB_REST_PASSWORD

    Specifies the password of the user executing the command. This environment variable allows you to specify a default argument for the -p/--password argument on the command line. It also allows the user to ensure that their password are not cached in their command line history.

    CB_REST_PASSWORD

    Specifies the password of the user executing the command. This environment variable allows you to specify a default argument for the -p/--password argument on the command line.

    SEE ALSO

    setting-ldap, user-manage

    COUCHBASE-CLI

    Part of the couchbase-cli suite