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how to change password for ambari db post install

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I have a cluster deployed via ambari and would like to change the password that is used to talk to db (psql). I also have encryption on for ambari db and ldap password (http://docs.hortonworks.com/HDPDocuments/Ambari-2.2.0.0/bk_Ambari_Security_Guide/content/_optional_encrypt_database_and_ldap_passwords.html).

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$ grep "password" /etc/ambari-server/conf/ambari.properties
server.jdbc.user.passwd=/etc/ambari-server/conf/password.dat

$ echo "bigdata_custom" > /etc/ambari-server/conf/password.dat

$ sudo -u postgres psql
postgres=# ALTER USER ambari WITH PASSWORD 'bigdata_custom';
postgres=# \q

$ ambari-server restart

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Master Mentor

@arpit How did you handle the encryption?

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Contributor

i un encrypted it and changed the password based on what @Alejandro Fernandez had and then encrypted it again.

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Master Mentor

@arpit The doc that I shared had a note on encryption...Just curious if you had chance to try that ..Link

Taking notes to make sure that we have a best answer to close the thread.

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Contributor

@Neeraj that doc talks about changing master key for encryption. I had to change the password for DB. So i un encrypted. Changed password and encrypted it.

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$ grep "password" /etc/ambari-server/conf/ambari.properties
server.jdbc.user.passwd=/etc/ambari-server/conf/password.dat

$ echo "bigdata_custom" > /etc/ambari-server/conf/password.dat

$ sudo -u postgres psql
postgres=# ALTER USER ambari WITH PASSWORD 'bigdata_custom';
postgres=# \q

$ ambari-server restart

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Master Mentor

My ambari.properties has the following entries !

[root@amuru]# grep "password" /etc/ambari-server/conf/ambari.properties

server.jdbc.rca.user.passwd=/etc/ambari-server/conf/password.dat

server.jdbc.user.passwd=/etc/ambari-server/conf/password.dat

All have the same password so enlighten me does the echo cascade the change ?

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Contributor

Thanks @Neeraj Sabharwal and @Alejandro Fernandez i used information from both answers and updated the password.