How can I change the operator and guest passwords?
Overview
When a PostgreSQL instance is installed and configured for CAST Imaging, two custom users/roles are available for use with CAST Imaging: operator/CastAIP and guest/WelcomeToAIP. An additional user postgres is provided out of the box in all situations.
If you would like to change the passwords for these users, there are various methods. CAST recommends either using PgAdmin or a SQL query. Both are explained below.
Step 1 - Change the password
Using PgAdmin
Right click the user and choose Properties. Then click the Definition tab and enter the new password in the Password field. Click Save to action the changes.
Using a SQL query
Use the ALTER USER statement, where username is the name of the user and password is the new password:
ALTER USER username
WITH PASSWORD 'password';
Step 2 - Update CAST Imaging to use the new password
Information about the PostgreSQL instances available to CAST Imaging (including the user credentials) is stored in the schema analysis_node in a table called database_connection_properties. This schema will be stored on the default PostgreSQL instance defined during the CAST Imaging installation.
These stored user password will need updating after changing user password as described above in Step 1. To do so, CAST highly recommends that you use the CAST Imaging admin UI:
Step 3 - Update standalone CAST Dashboards
If you are using standalone CAST Dashboards with CAST Imaging, you will need to update their configuration as well using the following file:
WAR
%CATALINA_HOME%\webapps\<dashboard>\WEB-INF\classes\application.properties
Installed JAR
Microsoft Windows: %PROGRAMDATA%\CAST\Dashboards\<folder>\application.properties
Linux: /root/ProgramData/CAST/Dashboards
Change the
restapi.datasource[0].password=<password>
Restart the CAST Dashboard to ensure the change is taken into account.