There will a situation that the admin account is locked or no back up id to unlock or reset the admin id or completely forget the password then we may need to reset Weblogic Admin security.
| Windows | Linux/AIX/Solaris |
|---|---|
| Assuming Domain path : cd D:\ABC\ABCDomain\ | Assuming Domain path : /u01/ABC/ABCDomain/bin |
| cd D:\ABC\ABCDomain\bin and run below command | cd /u01/ABC/ABCDomain/bin and run below command |
| setDomainEnv.cmd | . ./setDomainEnv.cmd [ dot then space ] |
| cd D:\ABC\ABCDomain\security\ | cd /u01/ABC/ABCDomain/security |
| move DefaultAuthenticatorInit.ldift [ Rename the file ] | mv DefaultAuthenticatorInit.ldift DefaultAuthenticatorInit.ldift_old |
| java weblogic.security.utils.AdminAccount weblogic welcome1 . | java weblogic.security.utils.AdminAccount weblogic welcome1 . |
| cd D:\ABC\ABCDomain\servers\AdminServer\security\ | cd /u01/ABC/ABCDomain/servers/AdminServer/security |
| Move boot.properties and create new boot.properties with below username and password | Move boot.properties and create new boot.properties with below username and password |
| username=weblogic password=welcome1 |
username=weblogic password=welcome1 |
| got to D:\ABC\ABCDomain move servers\AdminServer\data\ldap servers\AdminServer\data\ldap_bkp |
go to /u01/ABC/ABCDomain/ mv servers/AdminServer/data/ldap servers/AdminServer/data/ldap_old |
| Now restart the Admin server and verify logs and Admin login with new credentials.. it will create fresh ldap directory . | Now restart the Admin server and verify logs and Admin login with new credentials.. it will create fresh ldap directory . |
| Once AdminServer is started successfully you can see the boot.properties file userid and password is encrypted | Once AdminServer is started successfully you can see the boot.properties file userid and password is encrypted |
| copy boot.protperites file to all the other managed server’s under this domain and restart | copy boot.protperites file to all the other managed server’s under this domain and restart |
| Good Luck!!! | Good Luck!!! |
If there are any local additional id’s created before just recreate them all the local id’s are lost due to resetting of admin security.