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Change Password through CLI Configuration:

You can change passwords by directly modifying configuration files on your Privacera instance.

  1. SSH into Privacera Instance :

    SSH into the instance where Privacera is installed

  2. Create or edit the vars.password.yml file:

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    vi ~/privacera/privacera-manager/config/custom-vars/vars.password.yml

  3. Add or update the following variables with the new passwords:

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    PORTAL_PADMIN_PASSWORD: "<new portal password>"
RANGER_ADMIN_PASSWORD: "<new ranger password>"
RANGER_USERSYNC_PASSWORD: "<new ranger password>"

    Password Variable Descriptions:

    • PORTAL_PADMIN_PASSWORD: Sets the admin password for the Privacera Portal.

    • RANGER_ADMIN_PASSWORD: Sets the admin password for Ranger Admin.

    • RANGER_USERSYNC_PASSWORD: Sets the password for the Ranger UserSync service.

    • USERSYNC_RANGERUSERSYNC_PASSWORD: This property is deprecated and should no longer be used.

    After all the changes are done you need to update Privacera Manager platform instance by following the commands

    Step 1 - Setup which generates the helm charts. This step usually takes few minutes.

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    cd ~/privacera/privacera-manager
./privacera-manager.sh setup
    Step 2 - Apply the Privacera Manager helm charts.
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    cd ~/privacera/privacera-manager
./pm_with_helm.sh upgrade
    Step 3 - Post-installation step which generates Plugin tar ball, updates Route 53 DNS and so on.

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    cd ~/privacera/privacera-manager
./privacera-manager.sh post-install

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