Globally change universal forwarder password

[antlefebvre]

I have the UF deployed on around 2000 windows clients. Both server and workstation editions. What would be the best way to go about universally changing the default password on these once installed?

[shawno]

/opt/splunkforwarder/bin/splunk edit user admin -password $NEWPASSWORD

This doesn't work - how can I change the password without knowing the default or entered password for the forwarder?

Thanks

[woodcock]

Try the "UF password changer" app!

https://splunkbase.splunk.com/app/2722/

[sdawsonkg]

There is no documentation available for this app.

[Sayanta_Basak_I]

Hi @woodcock

I have tried using this app and it does not seem to work out as desired. I have enabled the app but still the forwarder are running with old default password. Am I missing anything here

Regards

[woodcock]

Yes, splunk has changed many things about auth/passwords since this app was last updated. I am pretty sure that @scruse is no longer updating it but maybe he will comment.

[alacercogitatus · Accepted solution]

A quick way is to setup a windows scripted input. Inside the scripted input, you run the command:

$SPLUNK_HOME\bin\splunk.exe edit user admin -password $NEWPASSWORD -auth admin:changeme

Once this is run, you can delete the input from the forwarders. It won't run correctly again, because the admin password is now changed. After they have all been updated, you can remove the input. I'm assuming you have Deployment Server

[antlefebvre]

I do not have a deployment server. Working on that one this week. I'll do this through a login script. Thank you.