---
title: Changing database credentials
description: To change the policy database credentials after the initial setup, run the setup tool again.
component: pingauthorize
version: 11.0
page_id: pingauthorize:pingauthorize_server_administration_guide:paz_change_db_creds
canonical_url: https://docs.pingidentity.com/pingauthorize/11.0/pingauthorize_server_administration_guide/paz_change_db_creds.html
revdate: May 23, 2024
section_ids:
  about-this-task: About this task
  steps: Steps
---

# Changing database credentials

To change the policy database credentials after the initial setup, run the `setup` tool again.

## About this task

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| - | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
|   | Running the `setup` tool regenerates the `configuration.yml` file and regenerates any self-signed certificate keystore. |

## Steps

1. Stop the Policy Editor.

   ```
   bin/stop-server
   ```

2. Run `setup` with the options desired from the following set and specify the new credentials. To change from the default credentials, run `setup` one time. To change from nondefault credentials, run `setup` combined by double ampersands (`&&`) with a second `setup`; in the first command, specify the current credentials for the admin user and the new credentials for the application user, and then in the second command, specify the new credentials for the admin user and the now-current credentials for the application user. See the examples.

   * `--dbAdminUsername`

   * `--dbAdminPassword`

   * `--dbAppUsername`

   * `--dbAppPassword`

   The first example changes the credentials for the admin and application accounts from their defaults to `admin`/ `Passw0rd` and `app`/ `S3cret`, respectively.

   ```
   setup --dbAdminUsername admin \
     --dbAdminPassword Passw0rd \
     --dbAppUsername app \
     --dbAppPassword S3cret \
     --interactive
   ```

   With the credentials no longer the defaults, to change the credentials, you need two `setup` commands. The first command uses the current admin credentials (`admin`/ `Passw0rd`) and sets new application credentials (`app` and `F0cu5`). The second command then uses the newly set application credentials (`app` and `F0cu5`) to set new admin credentials (`admin` and `S3cure`).

   ```
   setup --dbAdminUsername admin \
     --dbAdminPassword Passw0rd \
     --dbAppUsername app \
     --dbAppPassword F0cu5 \
     --interactive \
     && setup --dbAdminUsername admin \
     --dbAdminPassword S3cure \
     --dbAppUsername app \
     --dbAppPassword F0cu5 \
     --interactive
   ```

3. Start the Policy Editor.

   ```
   bin/start-server
   ```