xcadmin password

After you set the administrative (xcadmin) user ID and password, store the information in a reliable location. You can configure email delivery to enable the ability for password resets in the user interface.

Save the user ID and password

The xcadmin user ID and password are necessary to log on to the appliance so put them in a secure location after you change them. If you lose them, and you have no means to recover them, then the appliance must be returned to IBM® for remanufacturing

Email reset of passwords

If you configure email delivery, all users can restore their passwords by clicking a Forgot password? link on the user interface login screen. An email is delivered to the user that contains a new generated password.
CAUTION:
The only way to reset the xcadmin password is through the Forgot password? link on the user interface login screen. If you forget the password and do not have email delivery configured, then you must reset the appliance with the device RESET command, which resets all of the appliance settings. See Using the command line interface to run operations on your appliance for more information on the device RESET command.

Change the xcadmin password

You can edit the password for xcadmin in the user interface or in the command line interface for the appliance.

To change the password in the user interface, edit the user. See Managing users for more information.

To change the password in the command line interface for the appliance, you can use the user password command. See Initializing and configuring IBM WebSphere DataPower XC10 Appliance for more information.

Parent topic: Initializing and configuring IBM WebSphere DataPower XC10 Appliance
Parent topic: Initializing and configuring IBM WebSphere DataPower XC10 Appliance
Related concepts:
IBM WebSphere DataPower XC10 Appliance security overview
User permissions
Related tasks:
Configuring IBM WebSphere DataPower XC10 Appliance user interface security
Managing users and groups
Securing data grids
Managing the Domain Name System (DNS) Server
Managing IBM WebSphere DataPower XC10 Appliance email delivery
Related reference:
REST gateway: Security configuration