Scrutiny app - influxdb - change admin password

Apps and Virtualization
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After installing the recommended Scrutiny app for SMART monitoring, I realized it comes with an influxdb. The influxdb UI is exposed via port 31055 and the default admin password (which i found in the scrutiny documentation) is still active. What’s the correct way of changing that default password?

It seems influx commandline tools are not installed inside the container.

Thaanks! Till

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If it’s not exposed to change it when editing the app, my guess would be, right now it’s not possible to change it. Maybe this is a case for a feature request to expose a config option to change it. Those should be filed on the apps section of the truenas github

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Thank you.

I just managed to do it by:

  • Installing the influx CLI on my mac
  • using the admin/ to log into the UI and create a new admin access token
  • use that token to authenticate from the remote CLI
  • then issue the command “influx user password -n admin” and assign a new password
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If access to InfluxDB is not required outside of the container, I found that setting the Port Bind Mode to “None” does not prevent the container from starting and working as intended.

Not sure why this isn’t the default, especially if it is now being suggested for all users.

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Yes, I agree this would be a safe default for everyone.