how do I change the password for the default "install" credentials from Bonita 7.3.2

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I have tried to change the password on the default "install" credentials for our installation of Bonita 7.3.2 on Linux using the steps outlined here: 

Change password for user install in Bonita 7.3 | Bonitasoft Community

But that has been unsuccessful.

I either need to change the password or remove the username altogether. 

Has anyone experienced this same issue attempting to resolve this?

Thanks,

 

 

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Hello kjolexa,

 

Changing the password of the Install user is something crucial when installing Bonita server (e.g. Tomcat Bundle)! 

As stated in the documentation there are 2 situations either you have already started the bundle once, and you want to change the password. Or you want to change the password prior to the first startup of the server.

Depending on the situation, the list of files to modify is different. But under no situation, do you have to delete anything from the database to change the password. You can change the password as many times as you want (that is actually recommended to update the password every now and then in production to keep the installation secure).

What I usually prefer, is to change the password after the server has been started and I validated that everything was working properly.

Steps are:

  1. Go to setup folder
  2. execute setup.sh pull
  3. update file platform_conf/current/tenants/<TENANT_ID>/tenant_engine/bonita-tenant-community-custom.properties where TENANT_ID is probably 1
  4. update file platform_conf/current/platform_portal/platform-tenant-config.properties (make sure to set the same value as in step 3 ;-) )
  5. execute setup.sh push
  6. restart the server (stop-bonita.sh && start-bonita.sh)

 

NOTE: changing the password of the install user is only for the server (for security reason); do not change the password within your Bonita Studio (there is no need + I do not know if the Bonita Studio will not reset back to default value anyway).

 

Let me know if with those simple steps it works for you,

Captain Bonita