I need to recover/reset the admin password for JetBrain's TeamCity.
I have full RDP access to the server so no problems there. It's just been 2 months since we used it so now I have forgotten my login - my usual ones don't work.
It is setup without a database at the moment, so was hoping the usernames would just be in a file somewhere, but no luck finding it so far.
From TeamCity 8 you can log in as a super user and change the password that way. You just need to use an empty username and last occurrence of the "super user authentication token" found in the logs\teamcity-server.log file as your password.
Please see the following for more information:
In case none of those works, see http://sebastienlachance.com/post/Resetting-TeamCity-Password.aspx.
Open a command prompt and go to \webapps\ROOT\WEB-INF\lib folder. Now type the following :
..\..\..\..\jre\bin\java.exe -cp server.jar;common-api.jar;commons-codec-1.3.jar;util.jar;hsqldb.jar ChangePassword username newpassword
For TeamCity 6.5.4
From a command prompt in the [TeamCity install folder]\webapps\ROOT\WEB-INF\lib:
..\..\..\..\jre\bin\java -cp server.jar;common-api.jar;commons-codec-1.3.jar;util.jar;hsqldb.jar ChangePassword admin NewPassword
My username was 'admin' in my case (I think I set it during installation but I can't be sure).
I ommitted the path to TeamCity argument, it's smart enough to use the correct path (mine was c:\users\administrator.BuildServer)
When I provided the (wrong) path to TeamCity as an argument I received this message:
Using TeamCity configuration directory path: c:/TeamCity/.BuildServer
Exception in thread "main" java.sql.SQLException: Table not found in statement [UPDATE users SET PASSWORD = ? WHERE USERNAME = ? AND REALM IS NULL]
at org.hsqldb.jdbc.Util.throwError(Util.java:58)
at org.hsqldb.jdbc.jdbcPreparedStatement.<init>(jdbcPreparedStatement.java:1833)
at org.hsqldb.jdbc.jdbcConnection.prepareStatement(jdbcConnection.java:580)
at ChangePassword.main(ChangePassword.java:14)
In case this confuses other people too.
Super user direct URL :
http://servername:port/login.html?super=1
Open TeamCity log folder (Example C: drive: C:\TeamCity\logs) : teamcity-server.log, find the key: “Super user authentication”
[2019-03-04 12:14:30,770] INFO - jetbrains.buildServer.SERVER - Super user authentication token: `8347518935696887114` (use empty username with the token as the password to access the server)
Try the following:
First stop the TeamCity service (would also stop the build agent if installed). Next open up a console, go to your java directory and run the following command from there:
java.exe -cp server.jar; hsqldb.jar ChangePassword USERNAME PASSWORD "PATH_TO_YOUR_TEAMCITY_INSTALLATION".BuildServer
I've just had to go through this pain with v5 EAP.
I managed to reset the password successfully by running:
C:\TeamCity\webapps\ROOT\WEB-INF\lib>..\..\..\..\jre\bin\java -cp server.jar;common-api.jar;commons-codec-1.3.jar;util.jar;hsqldb.jar ChangePassword admin password c:\TeamCity\.BuildServer
Although you'll need to substitute C:\TeamCity with wherever your installation is located.
Specifically for TeamCity running on Tomcat on Windows it will be C:\ProgramData\JetBrains\TeamCity
The directory specified as the last parameter needs to be your Data Directory (find in /logs/teamcity-server.log)
You'll get the 'Table not found' error if you don't have this correct.
You'll get a 'The database is already in use' error if you've got TeamCity running.
you can also search you /logs/teamcity-server.log to see whether you created admin, administrator, or some other admin user name.
For everyone that may arrive at this article years after the original answer like I just did, there's a built-in super user account, and the password is regenerated every time team city is started, and the password is in the log. You can use this super user to login and reset any passwords. It's super easy.
TeamCity always uses a database - if you haven't explicitly configured one, it uses a HSQLDB database to store data internally.
When using an external database, user information is stored within that database, so it seems pretty likely that the user information in your case will be stored within the HSQLDB system.
You might be able to gain access to the system by futzing around with the database - but I'd suggest taking a backup first.
Second suggestion - drop the support guys at JetBrains an email. Even before my workplace splashed out on a TeamCity Enterprise license, their support was superb - fast, accurate and helpful.
With TeamCity 5 using MySQL (probably other versions and RDBMs as well, but untested), it's possible to update the password directly via SQL:
mysql> update users set password = md5("mypass123") where username = "bob";
Nevertheless, I'd stick with the CLI versions already mentioned by others if there isn't a good reason not to do so.
First point is if you logout the login screen has the username 'TCAdmin' already filled in, when it should be 'administrator'. TCAdmin is the full name of (I think) the default version 5 admin user. Changing that to administrator and then using the password I thought it was solved my issue.
For resetting... In case it helps someone else on Windows XP on version 5 of TeamCity, my .BuildServer config info was also under my current logged in user's documents and settings folder. Also I was tripped up by a space in the list of jar files in Sebastien's good answer above.
So I changed to this directory in a command prompt:
c:\teamcity\webapps\ROOT\WEB-INF\lib
and then this command line (to set password: Password1) worked for me:
C:\TeamCity\webapps\ROOT\WEB-INF\lib>..\..\..\..\jre\bin\java.exe -cp server.jar;commonapi.jar;commons-codec-1.3.jar;util.jar;hsqldb.jar ChangePassword administrator Password1
Which gave output:
Using TeamCity configuration directory path: C:/Documents and Settings/tamw/.BuildServer
Password changed successfuly
To change user password:
Shutdown server
Switch to the /webapps/ROOT/WEB-INF/lib directory
Invoke the following command:
Windows platform: java -cp server.jar;common-api.jar;commons-codec-1.3.jar;util.jar;hsqldb.jar ChangePassword
Unix platform: java -cp server.jar:common-api.jar:commons-codec-1.3.jar:util.jar:hsqldb.jar ChangePassword
You can skip the option, if you are using default path for TeamCity data files: /.BuildServer
[Ref: http://confluence.jetbrains.com/display/TCD7/Changing+user+password+with+default+authentication+scheme]
Here's what worked for me.
Shut down server services
> cd c:\TeamCity\webapps\ROOT\WEB-INF\lib>
then
> ..\..\..\..\jre\bin\java.exe -cp server.jar ;common-api.jar;commons-codec-1.3.jar;util.jar;hsqldb.jar ChangePassword admin password1 C:\ProgramData\JetBrains\TeamCity\
Without the path at the end, it would fail with:
Exception in thread "main" java.sql.SQLException: Table not found in statement [
UPDATE users SET PASSWORD = ? WHERE USERNAME = ? AND REALM IS NULL]
at org.hsqldb.jdbc.Util.throwError(Util.java:58)
at org.hsqldb.jdbc.jdbcPreparedStatement.<init>(jdbcPreparedStatement.ja
va:1833)
at org.hsqldb.jdbc.jdbcConnection.prepareStatement(jdbcConnection.java:5
80)
at ChangePassword.main(ChangePassword.java:14)
Alternatively, You could use the TeamCity Server Log and retrieve the Super User token.
Using the token, go to the URL : http://(server):(port)/login.html?super=1
ie: http://localhost:92/login.html?super=1
Once you logged in, you could always create a new user or reset the password for the account in question.
