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Set the admin Password for the Main IP Fabric GUI

Set admin Password via IPF CLI Config Tool

  1. Connect to your IP Fabric appliance via SSH as the osadmin user.

  2. Run:

    sudo ipf-cli-config -u

  3. Select Yes to proceed:

    Do you want to set admin user password?

  4. Enter the new admin password twice:

    Enter admin user password

    Repeat admin user password

    Password setup contains password complexity check; simple passwords are rejected.

    Password requirements are as follows:

    • The maximum password length is 256.
    • Single-character class passwords are not supported.
    • Two-character class must be at least 24 characters long.
    • The minimal length of the passphrase is 24 characters.
    • Three-character class must be at least 16 characters long.
    • Four-character class must be at least 12 characters long.
    • The passphrase must have at least five words.

    The character classes are:

    • digits
    • lower-case letters
    • upper-case letters
    • other characters

    There is also a special class for non-ASCII characters, which could not be classified but are assumed to be non-digits.

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    If the password is already set or the database has not started yet, you can retry.

    Retry setting an admin password

  5. Select No to prevent rebooting the system.

    Do not reboot the system

Create a User with Administrative Privileges via CLI

The IPF CLI Config tool can only create the admin user for the main GUI. If you need to create an additional user with administrative privileges or if you have forgotten the password for the admin user and you need to log in to the GUI as a different user, follow these steps:

  1. Connect to your IP Fabric appliance via SSH as the osadmin user.

  2. Switch to the root user using the following command:

    sudo su

  3. Navigate to the /opt/ipf-backend-cli-tools directory:

    cd /opt/ipf-backend-cli-tools

  4. Run the following command:

    bin/ipf-backend-cli-tools create-admin-user --username <name_of_admin_user> --password <password_of_admin_user>