Updated on 2026-09-02 GMT+08:00

Changing the Cluster Administrator Password

This API is used to change the password of the administrator account admin of a security cluster.

A cluster with the security mode set to enabled is a security cluster. This API applies only to Elasticsearch/OpenSearch clusters.

For details, see Calling APIs.

POST /v1.0/{project_id}/clusters/{cluster_id}/password/reset

**Table 1** Path Parameters
Parameter	Mandatory	Type	Description
project_id	Yes	String	Definition Project ID. For details about how to obtain the project ID and name, see Obtaining the Project ID and Name. Constraints N/A Range Project ID of an account. The value contains 32 characters, consisting of lowercase letters and digits. Default Value N/A
cluster_id	Yes	String	Definition ID of the cluster whose password you want to change. For details about how to obtain the cluster ID, see Obtaining the Cluster ID. Constraints N/A Range The value is a UUID containing 36 characters. Default Value N/A

**Table 2** Request body parameters
Parameter	Mandatory	Type	Description
newpassword	Yes	String	Definition New password of the cluster administrator admin. Constraints This API is available only when authorityEnable is true during cluster creation. The password cannot be the same as the administrator account name or the administrator account name spelled backwards. Range 8 to 32 characters. The password must contain at least three of the following four character types: uppercase letters, lowercase letters, digits, and the following special characters: ~!@#$%&()-_=\|[{}];:,<.>/? Default Value* N/A

Status code: 200

Request succeeded.

None

Change the administrator password of the current cluster.

POST https://{Endpoint}/v1.0/{project_id}/clusters/4f3deec3-efa8-4598-bf91-560aad1377a3/password/reset

{
  "newpassword" : "{newpassword}"
}

None

Status Code	Description
200	Request succeeded.
400	Invalid request. Modify the request before retry.
409	The request could not be completed due to a conflict with the current state of the resource. The resource that the client attempts to create already exists, or the update request fails to be processed because of a conflict.
412	The server did not meet one of the preconditions contained in the request.

Parent topic: Cluster Management