When you first install Reaper, the default username and password are admin
and admin
. If necessary, you can change this default password by following the steps below.
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Navigate to /apache-cassandra/reaper/conf/ directory and open shiro.ini in edit mode.
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Replace the existing plaintext password with the new one of your choice.
Consider the following example to change the default password from
admin
to
password
:
Change the content of the shiro.ini file from:
default authentication is the following hardcoded admin user
[users]
admin = admin, operator
To:
default authentication is the following hardcoded admin user
[users]
admin = password, operator
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Save the changes and restart Cassandra Reaper using the following commands:
stopGMDataReaper.sh
startGMDataReaper.sh
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If you need to change the password on all seed nodes where Reaper is running, Repeat steps 1 to 3.