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Managing OpenSearch users

For each cluster, one administrator user with the all_access role is automatically created. A user with this role gets full access to the cluster — for example, has the right to write data to all indexes and in all tenants (tenants). The administrator can manage other OpenSearch cluster users via the OpenSearch dashboard and API. You can see the list of OpenSearch operations available to the administrator in the Supported operations guide.

The administrator username is admin. The administrator password is set when creating a cluster. After creation, the password cannot be viewed in the control panel, but can be changed.

Learn more about managing users and roles in the Defining users and roles guide of the OpenSearch documentation.

Change the OpenSearch administrator password

  1. In the Control panel, in the top menu, click Products and select Cloud Databases.

  2. Open the Active tab.

  3. Open the database cluster page → Settings tab.

  4. In the User password block, click Change.

  5. Enter a new password or click Generate. The password must contain:

    • at least 8 characters;
    • uppercase and lowercase Latin letters;
    • numbers;
    • special characters — !?@$%&*.

  6. Copy and save the user password – it cannot be viewed in the Control Panel after saving.

  7. Click Save.

  8. Update the password in the application that connects to the cluster.