Module: instance-change-password

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Methods

(async, static) changePassword(instanceOptions, newSecret) → {Promise.<void>}

Parameters:
Name Type Description
instanceOptions InstanceOptions

The same options that one would use to start the instance for which the password will be changed.
newSecret string

For all secret key in hex string format stored encrypted with a key derived from a secret and stored in the "private" storage area:

  • Use the given old password to read and decrypt the secret keys
  • Store a copy of the secret-key file with the same name and the extension .bak
  • Encrypt the secret key with a key derived from the new secret
  • Store the new encrypted secret-key in place of the old one
  • When all keys are re-encrypted, remove all the .bak files that were created.
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Returns:

Type: Promise.<void>