How to reset the lost Weblogic Admin User password?

You installed OBIEE 11G and you did not write down the Weblogic Domain admin password, or youve had it installed for a while and cant remember what the password is to get into the WebLogic Admin console to make a change. This post will help you do that so you can get on with your business. 1. Make sure all the services are down 2. change directory to <Middleware_Home>\user_projects\domains\bifoundation_domain\bin cd <Middleware_Home>\user_projects\domains\bifoundation_domain\bin 3. Source the setDomainEnv.cmd(Windows) / setDomainEnv.sh (Linux) script so we can get all the WebLogic variables set correctly In windows: setDomainEnv.cmd In Linux: . setDomainEnv.sh 4. Now change the directory to security directory in your instance. cd <Middleware_Home>\user_projects\domains\bifoundation_domain\security 5. Move the DefaultAuthenticatorInit.ldift to a backup file In Windows: mv DefaultAuthenticatorInit.ldift DefaultAuthenticatorInit_old.ldift In Linux: mv DefaultAuthenticatorInit.ldift DefaultAuthenticatorInit_old.ldift 6. Run the java weblogic.security.utils.AdminAccount newuser newpassword . to generate a new DefaultAuthenticatorInit.ldift with a new user with the assigned password within the security directory eg: java weblogic.security.utils.AdminAccount weblogic weblogic123 . Note: replace newuser and newpassword with a user and password of your choosing. Ensure the password is a minimum of 8 characters and contains at least one numeric character. Also, dont forget the period . at the end of the above command, it is required.
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7. Change directory to <Middleware_Home>\user_projects\domains\bifoundation_domain\servers\AdminServer\securit y cd <Middleware_Home>\user_projects\domains\bifoundation_domain\servers\AdminServer\s ecurity\ 8. Edit the boot.properties file and replace newpassword and newusername with the user and password you defined in step 6. Do this for all the servers in the domain. password=newpassword username=newusername The boot.properties will get encrypted once the admin server starts up 9. Rename or remove directory <Middleware_Home>\user_projects\domains\bifoundation_domain\servers\AdminServer\data\ld ap as it will get recreated once the WebLogic Admin server starts. e.g: rename <Middleware_Home>\user_projects\domains\bifoundation_domain\servers\AdminServer\ data\ldap <Middleware_Home>\user_projects\domains\bifoundation_domain\servers\AdminServer\ data\ldap_OLD 10. Change directory to <Middleware_Home>\user_projects\domains\bifoundation_domain\bin and start the Weblogic Admin Server In Windows: startWebLogic.cmd In Linux: ./ startWebLogic.sh 11. Once the weblogic server is up, youll be able to login to Console with the new weblogic Admin user and password.

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