COD now allows you to disable Kerberos authentication while creating an operational database using COD CLI. You can use the --disable-kerberos option while running the create-database command to disable the Kerberos authentication.
cdp opdb create-database --environment-name ENVIRONMENT_NAME --database-name DATABASE_NAME --disable-kerberos
This is available starting in COD v1.26 and you do not need to upgrade to a higher version of COD to benefit from this feature.
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