6 Oracle Database Appliance Postinstallation Tasks

Complete these administrative tasks after you have deployed software, but before the system is operational.

• Changing the Oracle Installation Owner Passwords
  You must change the default administrative account passwords after installation to secure your system.
• Changing the oda-admin User Password
  Use the odacli-adm set-credential command to change the oda-admin user password to restrict access to the Oracle Appliance Manager Web Console.
• Changing the Web Console Password
  After your initial log in, change the Oracle Database Appliance Web Console password to secure your system.
• Changing the Password
  Change the administrative account passwords to secure your system.
• Shutdown the VNC Server
  After successfully deploying Oracle Database Appliance, shutdown your VNC server.

Changing the Oracle Installation Owner Passwords

You must change the default administrative account passwords after installation to secure your system.

During deployment, the root and database users SYS, SYSTEM and PDBADMIN are set to the master password. After deployment, the oracle and grid passwords are also set to the master password. Change the passwords to comply with your enterprise user security protocols.

Refer to the Oracle Database Appliance Security Guide and Oracle Database Security Guide for information about the required configuration and best practices to secure database systems.

Changing the oda-admin User Password

Use the odacli-adm set-credential command to change the oda-admin user password to restrict access to the Oracle Appliance Manager Web Console.

Oracle Database Appliance is configured with a default user name, oda-admin, and password. The credentials enable access to the Web Console. After deploying the appliance, Oracle recommends resetting the oda-admin user password.

Note:

Only root user can reset the oda-admin user credentials.

1. Log in to the appliance as root.
2. Run the odacli-adm set-credential command to reset the password. Enter the new password when prompted.

   # odacli-adm set-credential --password --username oda-admin
     Agent password: new password 
   

Changing the Web Console Password

After your initial log in, change the Oracle Database Appliance Web Console password to secure your system.

The administrator user name for the Web Console is oda-admin. A default password (welcome1) enables first-time access to the Web Console.

To build a secure environment, you must change the default password. You can change the password in the Web Console or by using the command odacli-adm set-credential.

1. Log into the Web Console using the user name (oda-admin.
2. Click About, then User Settings in the upper right corner of the Web Console.
3. Enter the password in the Password field and the Password Confirmation field, then click Submit.
   The password must begin with an alpha character and cannot contain quotation marks. Password should contain no fewer than 9 characters and no more than 30 characters.
   A confirmation message appears.
4. Click About, then click Sign Out.
5. Log back into the Web Console with the new password.

Changing the Password

Change the administrative account passwords to secure your system.

During deployment, the root and database users SYS, SYSTEM and PDBADMIN are set to the master password. After deployment, the oracle and grid passwords are also set to the master password.

To log into the Web Console, the default user name is oda-admin and the default password is welcome1.

Note:

Change the passwords to comply with your enterprise user security protocols.

Refer to the Oracle Database Appliance Security Guide and Oracle Database Security Guide for information about the required configuration and best practices to secure database systems.

1. Log in to the appliance as root.

   The default password is welcome1.

2. Run the odacli-adm set-credential command to reset the password. Enter the new password when prompted.

   # odacli-adm set-credential --password --username oda-admin
     Agent password: new password 
   

Shutdown the VNC Server

After successfully deploying Oracle Database Appliance, shutdown your VNC server.

As part of deploying Oracle Database Appliance, you used VNC.

• Shutdown the VNC server on the port on Node 0.
  # vncserver -kill: 5901