Changing the DWAdmin user password

This topic describes how to change passwords for a DWAdmin user and TrueSight Server Automation - Data Warehouse administrator users using NSH.

To change the password of a DWAdmin user, perform the following steps:

1. Log in to the system where TrueSight Server Automation - Data Warehouse is installed.
2. Navigate to the following directory:
   $BDS_HOME/shared/ConfigurationManagement
3. Run change_password.nsh file with the parameter as DWAdmin user.
4. Enter the current password of that user.
5. Click Next.
6. Specify a new password with valid password requirements. The password length must be at least 8 characters, including at least one lower case, one upper case, one digit, and one special character (allowed characters are @ ^_ - ! : | ~ $ ' ; &). 

7. Restart the web server web service.

   To restart the Web server, perform the following steps:

   For Linux operating system, perform the following steps:

   1. Navigate to the /etc/init.d directory.

   2. Type the following commands:

      ./bltomcat stop
      ./bltomcat start

   For Windows operating system, perform the following steps:

   1. From a command prompt, type the following command:

      services.msc
   2. In the Services window, select TrueSight Server Automation - Data Warehouse Web Server and click Restart.
8. To verify whether the password is changed successfully, log in to the TrueSight Server Automation - Data Warehouse system by using the following URL and the new password:
   https://reportsServer:portNumber/tssa-dw
   • reportsServer is the server that hosts TrueSight Server Automation - Data Warehouse. 
   • portNumber is the Tomcat web server secure port that you specified during installation. 

1. Log in to the system where TrueSight Smart Reporting - Platform is installed.

1. 1. Type the following URL in your browser:
      https://<hostname>:port/tsr where hostname is the server where TrueSight Smart Reporting - Platform is installed.

1. 1. Log in as TrueSight Server Automation Data Warehouse - Admin with DWAdmin as a user name and the updated password, and click Login.
      A message confirming successful password update for the component administrator is displayed.