Changing Specific Accounts in Jamf Pro and the MySQL Database
This article provides information on important accounts associated with a typical Jamf Pro environment and where you can change the usernames and passwords for these accounts in Jamf Pro. This article also explains how to change the password for the MySQL database on Jamf Pro.
Accounts That Can Be Changed in Jamf Pro
The default username and password (if any), or information on how the initial username and password are generated
Location where you can change the account in Jamf Pro
Related section in the Jamf Pro Documentation
Password for | Default username | Default password | Location in Jamf Pro | Related section in the Jamf Pro Documentation |
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First Jamf Pro Administrator Account | N/A (Created using the Jamf Pro Setup Assistant the first time you connect to the Jamf Pro Server) | N/A (Created using the Jamf Pro Setup Assistant the first time you connect to the Jamf Pro Server) | Accounts and Groups in System Settings | Jamf Pro User Accounts and Groups |
File Share Distribution Read/Write and Read-Only Accounts | N/A (Manually Specified) | N/A (Manually Specified) | File Share Distribution Points in Computer Management – Server Infrastructure settings | File Share Distribution Points |
Management Account on Managed Computers | N/A (Manually Specified or randomly generated) | N/A (Manually Specified or randomly generated) | Management Account Payload in Policies | Management Accounts |
Open Firmware/EFI Account on Managed Computers | N/A (Manually Specified) | N/A (Manually Specified) | EFI password payload in Policies | Setting or Removing an EFI Password |
Changing the Password for the MySQL Account Used by Jamf Pro
Changing the password for the MySQL account used by Jamf Pro involves the following steps:
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Stopping Jamf Pro Using the Jamf Pro Server Tools Command-line Interface
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Changing the Jamf Pro MySQL Account Password
Updating the Connection Details with the New Password
Starting Jamf Pro Using the Jamf Pro Server Tools Command-line Interface
Step 1: Stopping Jamf Pro Using the Jamf Pro Server Tools Command-line Interface
jamf-pro server stop
For information about other methods to start and stop Jamf Pro, see Starting and Stopping Tomcat.
Step 2: Changing the Jamf Pro MySQL Account Password
Step 3: Updating the Connection Details with the New Password
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Use the Jamf Pro Server Tools CLI
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Manually edit the DataBase.xml file
- To update the connection details using the Jamf Pro Server Tools CLI do the following:
- To manually edit the connection details, do the following:
Step 4: Starting Jamf Pro
jamf-pro server start
For information about other methods to start and stop Jamf Pro, see Starting and Stopping Tomcat.