Hi Matthew, Based on http://docs.cloudstack.apache.org/projects/cloudstack-administration/en/4.8/management.html#changing-the-database-configuration, seems like the database key is the content of the file /etc/cloudstack/management/key.
Thanks, Pearl ________________________________ From: Hean Seng <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, November 12, 2020 8:27 AM To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Subject: Re: Changing a host's password Actually you can use Cloud-Init for password reset for newer OS , doesnt not need this script On Thu, Nov 12, 2020 at 6:39 AM Matthew Smart <[email protected]> wrote: > is the databasekey referring to the value "db.cloud.encrypt.secret" > listed in /etc/cloudstack/management/db.properties? > > Matthew Smart > President > Smart Software Solutions Inc. > 108 S Pierre St. > Pierre, SD 57501 > > Phone: (605) 280-0383 > Skype: msmart13 > Email: [email protected] > [email protected] www.shapeblue.com 3 London Bridge Street, 3rd floor, News Building, London SE1 9SGUK @shapeblue > On 11/11/20 4:32 PM, Matthew Smart wrote: > > This process seems straightforward to me but I want to make sure I > > understand the parameters to pass into step 3 from the guide: > > > http://docs.cloudstack.apache.org/en/latest/adminguide/hosts.html#changing-host-password > > > > > > Here is the command for encrypting the password in step 3: > > java -classpath /usr/share/cloudstack-common/lib/jasypt-1.9.0.jar \ > > org.jasypt.intf.cli.JasyptPBEStringEncryptionCLI \ > > encrypt.sh input="newrootpassword" \ > > password="databasekey" \ > > verbose=false > > > > The two parameters are input and password. > > Is the input parameter where I put the new password and, if so, where > > do I find the "databasekey" that is indicated to be the proper value > > of the password parameter? > > Or > > Is the input parameter just an unused descriptive field that can > > contain any value and the password parameter is where the new password > > should go? > > > > I cannot seem to find a good description of how to use > > JasyptPBEStringEncryptionCLI online anywhere. > > > > Thanks, > > > > -- Regards, Hean Seng
