Configuration of the WebDAV access password

This time, the procedure is a bit more tricky, as you will have to update the Technique library as well as a configuration file.

Here is a semi-automated procedure:

  • Generate a decently fair password. You can use an arbitrary one too.
PASS=`dd if=/dev/urandom count=128 bs=1 2>&1 | md5sum | cut -b-12`
  • Update the password in the apache htaccess file
[Tip]Tip

On some systems, especially SuSE ones, htpasswd is called as "htpasswd2"

htpasswd -b /opt/rudder/etc/htpasswd-webdav rudder $PASS
  • Update the password in Rudder's system Techniques
cd /var/rudder/configuration-repository/techniques/system/common/1.0/
sed -i "s%^.*davpw.*$%   \"davpw\" string => \"$PASS\"\;%" site.st
git commit -m "Updated the rudder WebDAV access password" site.st
  • Update the Rudder Directives by either reloading them in the web interface (in the "Configuration Management/Techniques" tab) or restarting jetty (NOT recommended)