GrayLog: How to Reset Admin Password?

Graylog is a Powerful Opensource Log Management tool. It allows you to search and visualize  your Data. There could be a situation where you have forgot your admin password and need to change it. This password cannot be changed using the API or via the web interface. If you need to change it then follow the steps.

   1.    Generate a Secret Key.

pwgen -N 1 -s 96

   2.    Put it under “password_secret =” in /etc/graylog/server/server.conf.

3.       Generate a Hash password

echo -n yourpassword | shasum -a 256

    4.       Put it Under “root_password_sha2 =” in /etc/graylog/server/server.conf.

    5.       Restart graylog-server service.

/etc/init.d/graylog-server restart

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