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Rotate Automation Password

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  • Prerequisites
  • Procedure

We recommend that you rotate the automation user's password periodically. Ops Manager provides an automated procedure for password rotation with no downtime.

Prerequisites

To enable password rotation for the automation user, you must meet the following requirement:

  • SCRAM-SHA-1 or SCRAM-SHA-256 set up as a supported authentication mechanism for the Automation.

Procedure

1

Navigate to the MongoDB Users tab for your deployment.

  1. If it is not already displayed, select the organization that contains your desired project from the Organizations menu in the navigation bar.

  2. If it is not already displayed, select your desired project from the Projects menu in the navigation bar.

  3. If it is not already displayed, click Deployment in the sidebar.

  1. Click the Security tab.

  2. Click MongoDB Users.

2

On the line for the automation user, click Rotate Password.

3

Click Review & Deploy to review your changes.

4

Click Confirm & Deploy to deploy your changes.

Otherwise, click Cancel and you can make additional changes.

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