Update Edge user account credentials

When you either download the Edge site installer, or create and deploy an Air-gapped Edge site, a dedicated user account is created in Collibra Platform Self-Hosted. This user account authentications your Edge site with Collibra Platform Self-Hosted through username and password authentication. This user always has "Edge" as the first name and the Edge site name as the last name.

This Edge user is created for each Edge site, and deleted when you delete the Edge site.

If you have an Air-gapped Edge site, the credentials of the Collibra user you used to install and deploy the ZARF package, or Air-gapped Edge installation user, are stored in your Kubernetes cluster secret. This user is only used to create, reinstall, and delete the Air-gapped Edge site.

You can use the Edge CLI to update the Edge site user's credentials. You may need to do this if the Edge site user's username or password is changed in Collibra Platform, asEdge loses the connection to CPSH. This can result in failed or interrupted capability jobs and synchronizations.

You don't need to reinstall your Edge site

Prerequisites

The Edge user account must have the Connect Edge to Collibra global permission.

Steps

  1. Open the Edge CLI.
  2. Run the following command:
    3. Note 
    • The commands below provide both password and username. If you want to only update one, you can remove the other when running the command. For example: 
      ./edgecli config dgc --pass <Password123!>
    • When resetting the password, follow the steps in the Set or reset a user password topic. The only non-alphanumeric characters accepted for passwords are: !, $, %, &,(, ), *, +, ,, -, ., /, :, ;, <, =, >, ?, @, [, ], ^, _, {, |, }, ~.
      For more information about the default password requirements, go to the Password settings.
    • For Edge sites installed on a bundled k3s cluster:
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      sudo ./edgecli config dgc \
          --pass <password> \
          --url <dgc url> \
          --user <username>
      FlagDescription
      <password>The new password of your Edge user.
      <DGC URL>The URL of your Collibra Platform.
      <username> The new username of your Edge user.
    • For Edge sites installed on a managed Kubernetes cluster:
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      ./edgecli config dgc -n <my-namespace> \
          --pass <password> \
          --url <dgc url> \
          --user <username> \
      FlagDescription
      <my-namespace>Optional, if your Edge site is installed with a custom names
      <password>The new password of your Edge user.
      <DGC URL>The URL of your Collibra Platform.
      <username> The new username of your Edge user.
      Note If your Edge site is installed on a dedicated cluster via the Edge CLI method and it does not have a custom namespace, you can remove -n <my-namespace> from the command.
  3. Once you run the command, go to the Sites page to verify your Edge site is healthy. This confirms that your Edge site can successfully sync with Collibra Platform.

Update the Air-gapped Edge installation user credentials

Prerequisites

The Air-gapped Edge installation user account must have the following Edgeglobal permissions:

  • Install Edge sites
  • Manage Edge sites
  • Manage connections and capabilities
  • Upload Edge charts
  • View Edge connections and capabilities

Steps

  1. Open the Edge CLI.
  2. Run the following command:
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    /edgecli config dgc-airgapped \
        --user=<ADMIN_USER> \
        --pass=<ADMIN_PASSWORD>
    FlagDescription
    <ADMIN_USER>The new username of your Air-gapped Edge Admin user.
    <ADMIN_PASSWORD> The new password of your Air-gapped Edge Admin user.

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