Use the power options in the Recovery Kiosk to remotely restart or shut down the physical appliance or AWS or Azure virtual deployment.
- You can use the Reboot option in the Recovery Kiosk to restart the appliance. Reboot from the Recovery Kiosk if you cannot access the Safeguard for Privileged Passwords web client or API to restart the appliance using the normal procedures. Reboot the AWS or Azure virtual deployment.
- You must use the Shut Down option in the Recovery Kiosk to shutdown the physical appliance or AWS or Azure virtual deployment.
Restarting the appliance from the Recovery Kiosk is available.
If you cannot access the Safeguard for Privileged Passwords web client or API to restart the appliance using the normal procedures, you can restart the appliance or Azure VM from the Recovery Kiosk.
To reboot the appliance
- From the Recovery Kiosk, select the Power Options > Reboot option.
- Press the right arrow.
- When prompted, select Yes to start the reboot or No to return to the main option screen.
Shutting down the appliance from the Recovery Kiosk is available. You must use the Recovery Kiosk to manually shutdown the One Identity Safeguard for Privileged Passwords Appliance. You can also shut down the Azure virtual machine deployment.
To shut down the appliance
- From the Recovery Kiosk, select the Power Options > Shut Down option.
- Press the right arrow.
- When prompted, select Yes to shut down the appliance or No to return to the main option screen.
If your Bootstrap Administrator's password is locked out when using the hardware appliance or AWS or Azure virtual deployment, you can reset it to the initial password.
NOTE: If a user has not logged onto Safeguard for Privileged Passwords for a set number of days, Safeguard for Privileged Passwords disables the user account. This is set using the Deactivate After setting in Appliance Management > Safeguard Access > Local Login Control.
To reset the Bootstrap Administrator's password
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Connect to the recovery Kiosk, either physically via serial cable or via the IPMI network interface.
- From the Recovery Kiosk, select the Admin Password Reset option.
- Press the Enter key (or right arrow).
- At Name or Email, enter your identification and press the Tab key (or down arrow).
- Select Submit.
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At View Challenge, press the Enter key.
Safeguard for Privileged Passwords produces a challenge.
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Copy and paste the challenge into a text document and send it to One Identity Support.
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When you get the response from One Identity Support, select Enter Response and copy and paste the response into the kiosk screen.
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Select Reset Password. The response is only valid for 24 hours from when it was generated by One Identity.
- Once the operation has completed, the password for the admin account is defaulted back to Admin123
NOTE: Best practice: To keep your appliance secure, change the default password for the Bootstrap Administrator’s account.
See the following Knowledge Base Article for more information, including using the MGMT port to reset the admin password: KB 279291: How to reset the Admin password.