How to change default Postgres password

How to change default Postgres password

Please follow the below-mentioned steps:

1. Stop the application services.  

2. Please take a backup of the application <OR> take a Snapshot of  the Server

3. Open Command Prompt with Admin Privileges

4. Navigate to <Drive>:\ManageEngine\ServiceDesk\bin and execute the command stopdB.bat

5. Now execute the command "changeDBPassword.bat -p <old password> -P <new password>"
Example: changeDBPassword.bat -p sdp@123 -P sdp@1234

6. Make sure, you get the below message:


7. Now execute the command startdB.bat and the start the application services.

For Linux :

1. Navigate to ManageEngine/ServiceDesk/bin and execute the command stopdB.sh.

2. Execute the command "sh changeDBPassword.sh -p <old password> -P <new password>"

3. Execute the command startdB.sh.


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