Keystore Password

The keystore password is used to encrypt the GeoServer key store and for an emergency login using the user root.

Warning

The use of HTTPS is recommended, otherwise all password are sent in plain text.

/security/masterpw[.<format>]

Fetches the keystore password and allows to change the keystore password

Method	Action	Status code	Formats	Default Format
GET	Fetch the keystore password	200,403	XML, JSON
PUT	Changes the keystore password	200,405,422	XML, JSON

Formats for PUT (keystore password change).

XML

<masterPassword>
   <oldMasterPassword>oldPassword</oldMasterPassword>
   <newMasterPassword>newPassword</newMasterPassword>
</masterPassword>

JSON

{ "oldMasterPassword":"oldPassword",
  "newMasterPassword":"newPassword" }

Exceptions

Exception	Status code
GET without administrative privileges	403
PUT without administrative privileges	405
PUT with the wrong current keystore password	422
PUT with a new keystore password rejected by the password policy	422