Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Documentation

Changing the Administrator Password of a DB System

You can change the administrator password of a DB system.

Using the Console

You can change the administrator password using the Administrator password console action for the DB system.

This task requires the following:
  • You have MYSQL_INSTANCE_UPDATE IAM permission.

Do the following to change the administrator password of a DB system:

  1. On the DB systems list page, select the DB system that you want to work with. If you need help finding the list page or the DB system, see Listing DB Systems - Using the Console.

    The details page opens and displays information about the DB system.

  2. From the More actions menu at the top of the page, select Administrator password.
  3. In the Administrator password dialog box, enter the new administrator password into the Password field and Confirm password field.
    The password must have between 8 and 32 characters with at least 1 uppercase character, 1 lowercase character, 1 numeric character, and 1 special character.
  4. Select Confirm administrator password change.
  5. Select Change password.
MySQL HeatWave Service updates the administrator password of the DB system.

Using the CLI

Use the command-line interface to change the administrator password of a DB system.

This task requires the following:
  • A DB system Oracle Cloud Identifier (OCID).
  • A policy that permits you to update DB systems in the compartment or tenancy.
  • A properly configured CLI installation and the requisite SSH keys. See Command Line Interface.
Do the following on the CLI to change the administrator password of a DB system:
  1. Open a command prompt and run the following command:
    oci mysql db-system update 
--db-system-id <DBSystemOCID> 
--admin-password <new_password>

    • db-system-id: Specify the OCID of the DB system.

    • admin-password: Specify the new password of the administrator.

MySQL HeatWave Service updates the administrator password of the DB system.