Summary
This article explains how to change the password for a CloudBees CD (CloudBees Flow) database.
Solution
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Shut down the CloudBees CD (CloudBees Flow) server.
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Change the password in your respective database.
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Update the password in the /conf/database.properties file in plain text.
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Restart the CloudBees CD (CloudBees Flow) service.
The CloudBees CD (CloudBees Flow) server will use the password as-is in plain text to initially log into the database.
After the service is running, the password in thedatabase.properties
file will be overwritten to its encrypted password.