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Change Your Password

This guide provides instructions on how to change your password for Privacera Self-Managed/Data Plane and PrivaceraCloud environments.

To Change the Privacera Portal User Password:

  • Sign in as an Admin to the Privacera Portal UI.
  • Navigate to Settings > User Management.
  • Locate the user whose password you wish to update and click Edit in the Action column.
  • In the dialog box, scroll to the Old Password field and click Edit.
  • The New Password and Confirm Password fields will appear.
  • Enter your old password, then type and confirm the new password.
  • Click Save.

To Change the Ranger Password through Privacera Portal UI:

  • Sign in as an Admin to the Privacera Portal UI.
  • Navigate to Access Management > Users/Groups/Roles
  • Locate the user whose password you wish to update and click Edit in the Action column.
  • In the dialog box, Click on the Change Password tab.
  • The New Password and Confirm Password fields will appear.
  • Enter your old password, then type and confirm the new password.
  • Click Save.

To Change the Ranger Password through Ranger UI:

  • Sign in as an Admin to the Ranger UI.
  • Go to Admin > Profile.
  • Click the Change Password tab.
  • Enter your old password, then type and confirm the new password.
  • Click Save.

Note

The following steps apply only if you’ve changed the default padmin user password in Privacera Portal and the admin user password in Ranger.

After updating the passwords using the steps above, set the new credentials in Privacera Manager using below steps.

  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>"

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

    • 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
  1. On the PrivaceraCloud Portal login page, click Forgot Password.
  2. Enter your Account ID or Alias and Email on the Forgot Password page.
  3. Click Reset Password.
  4. Check your email inbox for a message with a password reset link.
  5. Click the Reset Password link in the email.
  6. On the Reset Password page, enter your new password in both the Password and Confirm Password fields.
  7. Click Reset Password.

To change your password after logging in to PrivaceraCloud

  1. Log in to the PrivaceraCloud Portal with your user credentials.
  2. Click the user icon in the header panel.
  3. From the dropdown, select Profile.
  4. In the profile dialog, Click on the Change Password tab.
  5. Enter your old password, then type and confirm the new password.
  6. Click Save.

After updating your password, return to the PrivaceraCloud login page and sign in using your new password.