Maximo Application Suite Customer-managed

Storing configuration values as secrets

Maximo® Application Suite uses Red Hat® OpenShift® for managing digital authentication credentials (secrets).

Input parameters that are stored as secrets are identified by a capital S.

After you submit a parameter as a secret, the secret value cannot generally be viewed by using the Maximo Application Suite user interface. Only secret parameter fields that contain an eye icon Eye icon can be viewed.

Red Hat OpenShift administrators can view Maximo Application Suite secret values at: Red Hat OpenShift dashboard > Projects > mas-<instance_name>-core > Workloads > Secrets.

Important: When you edit a Maximo Application Suite configuration that uses one or more secrets, such as a database password, you must reenter the secret values before you can save the updated configuration.

Procedure

  • Updating secrets from the user interface.
    1. Open the configuration that includes the secret that you want to update, such as a database password or similar.
    2. Edit the configuration and enter the updated parameter value.
    3. Click Save.

    The secret is updated.

  • Updating the super user password.

    The super user is a special Maximo Application Suite user that is not editable from the user interface. The super user password is stored as a secret.

    To change the password for the super user:

    1. Log in to the Red Hat OpenShift web console as an administrator.
    2. Provide a new secret for: Red Hat OpenShift dashboard > Projects > mas-<instance_name>-core > Workloads > Secrets > <instance_name>-credentials-superuser
    3. Delete the following pods, and then wait until they become ready again: admin-dashboard and coreidp.