11 July 2013

What to do when you forgot the Django admin password on OpenShift

So, you created a django app on OpenShift, added some changes, push the changes, ... and forgot to note the admin password!

What to do next?

It's actually quite easy:

1. ssh into your application
2. start the virtual env:
   

   source $OPENSHIFT_HOMEDIR/python/virtenv/bin/activate
   

3. change to the app dir:
   

   cd $OPENSHIFT_HOMEDIR/app-root/repo/wsgi/openshift/
   

4. open the django shell:
   

   python manage.py shell

5. Reset the password:
   

   from django.contrib.auth.models import User
   u=User.objects.get(username__exact=’admin’)
   u.set_password(‘whatever’);
   u.save()
   

And that's it. Have fun!