Changing the administrative user’s credentials

When you enable authentication for the {WebName}, a default administrative user is provided with the username admin and password password. You should change this password so that only those that are authorized can make further changes to {WebName} users.

Follow these steps to change the default administrative user’s password.

1. Make sure that the {WebName} is running.

2. Open the Red Hat Single Sign-On administration console.

   • For a .zip installation:

     1. Navigate to http://localhost:8080/auth/ in a browser.

     2. Select Administration Console to access the Red Hat Single Sign-On administration console.

   • For an OpenShift installation:

     1. Navigate to <OPENSHIFT_URL>/console/project/{LC_PSN}/overview in a browser.

        Note	If you renamed the OpenShift project when deploying, replace mtr with the name of your project.

     2. Click the link in the SSO HTTPS application and add "/auth" to the end of the URL.

     3. Select Administration Console to access the Red Hat Single Sign-On administration console.

3. Log in with the default credentials of admin and password.

4. In the upper left corner, select the Master realm from the drop down.

5. In the left-side navigation menu, select Users and then click View all users.

6. From the admin user’s row, click Edit.

7. Select the Credentials tab.

8. Enter the new password in the New Password and Password Confirmation fields.

9. Change the Temporary field to OFF to not require the user to change the password upon next login.

10. Click Reset Password and then click Change password in the popup.

You can also remove this default administrative user completely and create your own administrative users. However, be sure to add the new users before removing the default user.