macaw user

cfxDimensions Platform user maintenance operations:

'macaw user' command is used to change or reset platform admin user's password. Run the below command to view available CLI options.

macaw user --help
usage: user [--insecure] [-h] [--debug]
            {list-roles,change-password,reset-password} ...

Manage users in the platform

positional arguments:
  {list-roles,change-password,reset-password}
    list-roles          List the roles of an user
    change-password     Change user's password

optional arguments:
  --insecure            Ignore SSL certificate issues when communicating with
                        various hosts
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit
  --debug               Enable debug logs for the CLI operations

'macaw user change-password' to change platform admin user's password to a new one.

macaw user --insecure change-password --user admin@cloudfabrix.com

'macaw user reset-password' to rest platform admin user's password. This option can be used when platform admin's user password is lost or forgotten.

macaw user --insecure reset-password --user admin@cloudfabrix.com

Caution: Since above macaw CLI option allows to rest the platform admin's user password, it is important to make sure to have a strong password set for 'macaw' user (and also limit the SSH access remotely).

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