# Change admin password for docker installation **URL:** \ **Category:** OpenSearch\ **Created:** [December 13, 2023, 10:54pm UTC](https://forum.opensearch.org/t/change-admin-password-for-docker-installation/17085 "2023-12-13T22:54:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![astateofmind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/58f4c7/32.png) [@astateofmind](https://forum.opensearch.org/u/astateofmind)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2023, 10:54pm UTC](https://forum.opensearch.org/t/change-admin-password-for-docker-installation/17085/1 "2023-12-13T22:54:25Z")
**Versions** (relevant - OpenSearch/Dashboard/Server OS/Browser): 2.11.1 **Describe the issue** : Cannot change the admin password … **Configuration** : **Relevant Logs or Screenshots** : “{"status":"FORBIDDEN","message":"Resource ‘\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*’ is reserved."}” ---
**Author:** ![pablo](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.opensearch.org/pablo/32/10363_2.png) [@pablo](https://forum.opensearch.org/u/pablo)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2023, 10:20am UTC](https://forum.opensearch.org/t/change-admin-password-for-docker-installation/17085/2 "2023-12-14T10:20:27Z")
@astateofmind The admin password can be changed only with securityadmin.sh script and internal\_users.yml file. > **[Applying changes to configuration files](https://opensearch.org/docs/latest/security/configuration/security-admin/)** > > Applying changes to configuration files ---
**Author:** ![astateofmind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/58f4c7/32.png) [@astateofmind](https://forum.opensearch.org/u/astateofmind)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2023, 2:59pm UTC](https://forum.opensearch.org/t/change-admin-password-for-docker-installation/17085/3 "2023-12-14T14:59:02Z")
I know, that’s NOT the best way to do it for a container … what happens when I restart the container, update the image, etc? It is a bad decision, ending up with a lot installations with admin/admin. ---
**Author:** ![pablo](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.opensearch.org/pablo/32/10363_2.png) [@pablo](https://forum.opensearch.org/u/pablo)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2023, 3:14pm UTC](https://forum.opensearch.org/t/change-admin-password-for-docker-installation/17085/4 "2023-12-14T15:14:08Z")
@astateofmind How did you deploy your cluster? ---
**Author:** ![astateofmind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/58f4c7/32.png) [@astateofmind](https://forum.opensearch.org/u/astateofmind)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2023, 4:39pm UTC](https://forum.opensearch.org/t/change-admin-password-for-docker-installation/17085/5 "2023-12-14T16:39:08Z")
Looks like it could work with creating an image with admin user not restricted (custom internal-users.ymll file) Investigating. Seems to be working … ---
**Author:** ![pablo](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.opensearch.org/pablo/32/10363_2.png) [@pablo](https://forum.opensearch.org/u/pablo)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2023, 6:30pm UTC](https://forum.opensearch.org/t/change-admin-password-for-docker-installation/17085/6 "2023-12-14T18:30:31Z")
@astateofmind If you use docker as a container then you can map a data volume for an OpenSearch container. This folder will hold all the indices including the security one. Whenever you stop or restart the container, the data remains. ---
**Author:** ![astateofmind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/58f4c7/32.png) [@astateofmind](https://forum.opensearch.org/u/astateofmind)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2023, 7:58pm UTC](https://forum.opensearch.org/t/change-admin-password-for-docker-installation/17085/7 "2023-12-14T19:58:17Z")
Yes but still I need to make the admin user not restricted. Seems to be working after customizing the image. ---
**Author:** ![pablo](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.opensearch.org/pablo/32/10363_2.png) [@pablo](https://forum.opensearch.org/u/pablo)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2023, 8:48pm UTC](https://forum.opensearch.org/t/change-admin-password-for-docker-installation/17085/8 "2023-12-14T20:48:25Z")
@astateofmind I got a bit confused here. So you’re looking for a custom password during the docker container deployment. If so, you can just mount the internal\_users.yml file with a custom admin user and password as a volume. It will be used for initial configuration during the container deployment. ---
**Author:** ![astateofmind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/58f4c7/32.png) [@astateofmind](https://forum.opensearch.org/u/astateofmind)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2023, 9:29pm UTC](https://forum.opensearch.org/t/change-admin-password-for-docker-installation/17085/9 "2023-12-14T21:29:06Z")
That could work too. Thanks. I was looking for a solution to change the admin password after the install/deployment. Setting the user as not restricted did the trick.