# How do I reset the admin password in PMM 2?

**URL:** <https://forums.percona.com/t/how-do-i-reset-the-admin-password-in-pmm-2/9591>\
**Category:** PMM 2.x\
**Created:** [March 8, 2021, 6:55pm UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/how-do-i-reset-the-admin-password-in-pmm-2/9591 "2021-03-08T18:55:02Z")\
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**Author:** ![James\_Janovich1](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forums.percona.com/james_janovich1/32/4216_2.png) [@James\_Janovich1](https://forums.percona.com/u/James_Janovich1)\
**Post date:** [March 8, 2021, 6:55pm UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/how-do-i-reset-the-admin-password-in-pmm-2/9591/1 "2021-03-08T18:55:02Z")

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looks like our PMM was updated to the latest. We have the cool bouncing percona logo. But now we cannot login. I tried the command line

```
grafana-cli --homepath /usr/share/grafana --configOverrides cfg:default.paths.data=/srv/grafana admin reset-admin-password <newpassword>

```

and tried with our new password and it’s still saying its invalid. Any ideas?

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**Author:** ![steve.hoffman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forums.percona.com/steve.hoffman/32/66_2.png) [@steve.hoffman](https://forums.percona.com/u/steve.hoffman)\
**Post date:** [March 8, 2021, 7:12pm UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/how-do-i-reset-the-admin-password-in-pmm-2/9591/2 "2021-03-08T19:12:20Z")

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Take a look at this [blog post](https://www.percona.com/blog/2020/01/15/changing-the-default-admin-password-in-docker-based-deployment-of-pmm2/). That should work but do reply if it doesn’t.

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**Author:** ![Peter](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forums.percona.com/peter/32/2_2.png) [@Peter](https://forums.percona.com/u/Peter)\
**Post date:** [March 9, 2021, 12:47pm UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/how-do-i-reset-the-admin-password-in-pmm-2/9591/3 "2021-03-09T12:47:39Z")

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It is possible you’ve been temporary locked out due to someone else trying to brute force your password. Grafana does not make it clear and does not reset the flag when you change password through cli.

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**Author:** ![s\_schl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ad7895/32.png) [@s\_schl](https://forums.percona.com/u/s_schl)\
**Post date:** [August 28, 2025, 1:51pm UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/how-do-i-reset-the-admin-password-in-pmm-2/9591/4 "2025-08-28T13:51:32Z")

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When using the percona pmm helm chart it was:

```auto
grafana-cli --homepath=/usr/share/grafana --config=/etc/grafana/grafana.ini admin reset-admin-password SECRET

```