Transferring Logical Server Passwords

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About this task

Passwords for logical servers are stored in the Password Manager repository. If you have set up Central Configurator to use SSL, you should transfer any updated passwords. If any passwords have been updated since the archive file was created for an environment configuration, transfer those updated passwords to the Password Manager repository in the appropriate configuration engine. For example, if there are any new database pool passwords for the Analytic Engine, transfer those new passwords to the Password Manager repository in the Analytic Engine.

The Password Manager repository is created using the webMethods Password Administrator utility, which is installed with My webMethods. For more information about the webMethods Password Administrator utility, see webMethods Password Administrator Utility.

To transfer passwords, open the archive file for the environment configuration and locate the Password Manager repository in the /config directory. Use the webMethods Password Administrator utility to transfer the passwords.

To transfer passwords with the webMethods Password Administrator utility

Procedure

  1. Start the webMethods Password Administrator utility:
    • On Windows systems, run password_admin.bat.
    • On UNIX systems, run password_admin.sh.

    The webMethods Password Administrator starts in a command-line window.

  2. To transfer the passwords, enter the following command:

    password-admin -t deployed-passman repository/optimize

    Where repository is the path to the Password Manager file. Note that the default Password Manager file for Optimize is located in the directory optimize/conf/security/passman/.

What to do next

For more information about setting up Central Configurator to use SSL and the webMethods Password Administrator utility, see Security.