Change Credentials on ServerTech PDUs

This procedure changes password used by the admn user on ServerTech PDUs. This procedure should be used to update all ServerTech PDUs in the system to the same global credentials.

NOTE: This procedure only updates the default credentials on the ServerTech PDU hardware. No credentials are set in any management software.

Prerequisites

  • The ServerTech PDUs must be accessible via a workstation or laptop.
  • Workstation or laptop has the curl command installed.
  • The ServerTech PDU hostnames or IP addresses must be known.
  • The default admn user password must be known for each PDU.

Procedure

For each ServerTech PDU:

  1. Change password for the admn user on the ServerTech PDU.

    linux# curl -i -k -u admn:<OLD-PDU-PASSWORD> -X PATCH \
               https://<PDU_IP_OR_HOSTNAME>/jaws/config/users/local/admn \
               -d "{ \"password\": \"<NEW_PDU_PASSWORD>\" }"

    Expected output upon a successful password change:

    HTTP/1.1 204 No Content
Content-Type: text/html
Transfer-Encoding: chunked
Server: ServerTech-AWS/v8.0p
Set-Cookie: C5=1883488164; path=/
Connection: close
Pragma: JAWS v1.01

    NOTE: After 5 minutes, the previous credential should stop working as the existing session timed out.

  2. Verify that the new password works:

    linux# curl -i -k -u admn:<NEW-PDU-PASSWORD> \
               https://<PDU_IP_OR_HOSTNAME>/jaws/config/banner

    Expected output upon a successful password change:

    HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Type: application/json
Content-Length: 23
Server: ServerTech-AWS/v8.0p
Set-Cookie: C5=241418521; path=/
Allow: GET, PATCH
CacheControl: no-cache,no-store
Expires: Thu, 26 Oct 1995 00:00:00 GMT
Pragma: JAWS v1.01

{
        "message" : ""
}