https://community.splunk.com/t5/Security/Fresh-install-on-AWS-Cannot-login/m-p/274933#M7430 <P>I found the issue. My google-fu was too weak.</P> <P>When you get the instance from AMI, the password is not "changeme". It is instead the EC2 instance ID.</P> Mon, 12 Sep 2016 22:38:56 GMT Amohlmann 2016-09-12T22:38:56Z https://community.splunk.com/t5/Security/Fresh-install-on-AWS-Cannot-login/m-p/274932#M7429 <P>I have spun up a new instance of splunk from the AWS marketplace. <BR /> I cannot login via the web gui using the default username and password:<BR /> admin/changeme</P> <P>I have stopped the splunk service, removed the /opt/splunk/etc/passwd file and restarted splunk<BR /> Still cannot log in using the default username and password<BR /> Restarted splunk again and still cannot log in.</P> <P>I keep getting:<BR /> Invalid username or password.</P> Mon, 12 Sep 2016 22:29:59 GMT https://community.splunk.com/t5/Security/Fresh-install-on-AWS-Cannot-login/m-p/274932#M7429 Amohlmann 2016-09-12T22:29:59Z https://community.splunk.com/t5/Security/Fresh-install-on-AWS-Cannot-login/m-p/274933#M7430 <P>I found the issue. My google-fu was too weak.</P> <P>When you get the instance from AMI, the password is not "changeme". It is instead the EC2 instance ID.</P> Mon, 12 Sep 2016 22:38:56 GMT https://community.splunk.com/t5/Security/Fresh-install-on-AWS-Cannot-login/m-p/274933#M7430 Amohlmann 2016-09-12T22:38:56Z https://community.splunk.com/t5/Security/Fresh-install-on-AWS-Cannot-login/m-p/274934#M7431 <P>username: admin<BR /> password: SPLUNK-$instance id$<BR /> <A href="https://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/8.0.0/Admin/AbouttheSplunkAMI">https://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/8.0.0/Admin/AbouttheSplunkAMI</A></P> Thu, 31 Oct 2019 16:30:42 GMT https://community.splunk.com/t5/Security/Fresh-install-on-AWS-Cannot-login/m-p/274934#M7431 haseebanwar 2019-10-31T16:30:42Z