You can run a script to change the password for the following users:
apmadmin, smadmin, itmuser,
db2apm, db2fenc1, and dausr1.
About this task
The Cloud
APM server creates an
smadmin user ID with a default password of apmpass for
communication between the Performance Management components. You might need to change the password,
for example, to comply with your organization's security requirements, or if you changed the
password but forgot it when IBM® Support requested that you to
run the data collection tool.
In Cloud
APM,
the default user is apmadmin. The apmadmin user is by default a
member of the Role Administrator role.If you change the default password for the
apmadmin user during the Cloud
APM server installation, the password for the smadmin user is also changed to use the same
password. Use this procedure if you want the smadmin user to use a different
password from the apmadmin user password or if you want to change its password
after the server installation.
If the Cloud
APM server databases are
using a remote Db2® server on an external system,
you can change the password for the associated user ID on that system. See Changing passwords on a remote Db2 server.
Procedure
Complete the procedure on the system where the Cloud
APM server is installed to change the password for one of
the default user IDs.
-
Open the directory where the script is located and run the script for the password you want to
change:
Table 1. Scripts for default user passwords
| Default user ID |
Default password |
Directory and script for password you want to change |
apmadmin |
apmpass |
/opt/ibm/ccm/apmpasswd.sh |
smadmin |
apmpass |
/opt/ibm/ccm/tools/smapasswd.sh
|
itmuser
db2apm
db2fenc1
dasusr1 |
db2Usrpasswd@08 |
/opt/ibm/ccm/db2_users_passwd.sh user_name Where
user_name is itmuser, db2apm,
db2fenc1, or dasusr1.
|
admin user |
mongoUsrpasswd@08 |
/opt/ibm/ccm/mongopasswd.sh to change the password for both users
simultaneously. You are prompted for the old password and new password. |
If you use the db2_users_passwd.sh
script when the Db2 server is on the same system
as the Cloud
APM server, the script uses the
passwd command to change the password of the specified Db2 user and updates the Cloud
APM server configuration with the modified password.
When you use the db2_users_passwd.sh
script when Cloud
APM is configured to use a
remote Db2 server, you use the script in the
following ways:
- Change the password of the
itmuser on the Cloud
APM server to match the itmuser password
that has been set on the remote Db2 server.
- Change the password of the
db2apm user on the system where the Cloud
APM server is installed.
The Cloud
APM server configuration is also updated with the modified
passwords.
You do not use the
db2_users_passwd.sh script to modify the Db2 instance user's password or other database user
passwords for the remote Db2 server.
To change the password of the itmuser and
Db2 instance user when your configuration uses a
remote Db2 server, see Changing passwords on a remote Db2 server.
The Cloud
APM server is restarted if you change the password for
itmuser but not if you change the password for the other database users.
-
After you are prompted to provide a new password, type the password, press Enter, and retype
the new password as prompted.
- If you are changing the
smadmin user's password, you are also prompted for the Performance Management UI
administrator account user name and password:
- If the Cloud
APM server is not configured to use
an LDAP server, enter the
apmadmin user and its password.
- If the Cloud
APM server is configured to use an
LDAP server, specify the LDAP user that is configured as the
systemUser value in
the install_dir/wlp/usr/servers/apmui/server-oauth2-tai.xml file and the LDAP user's password. When
you specify the LDAP user name, follow the same format that you use for logging into the Cloud APM console.
The Performance Management UI
administrator account user name and password are required for updating the server connection with
the new smadmin password.
Results
The Cloud
APM server is recycled and the new
password for the user is recorded.