Question
How to retrieve administrator’s Plesk database password on Plesk Onyx 17.8 for Windows and higher?
Answer
In Plesk 17.8, the “plesk sbin psadb” utility has been included to operate with admin DB password.
To use it, connect to the server via RDP and open cmd.exe as Administrator:
C:> plesk sbin psadb –help
Usage: psadb [OPTIONS]…
-g, –get-admin-password show the Plesk system databases Admin’s password in console.
-c, –copy-admin-password copy the Plesk system databases Admin’s password to clipboard.
-s, –set-admin-password –password=<new password> set the new Plesk system databases Admin’s password in the database
and update it in Plesk.
-u, –update-admin-password –password=<new password> update the Plesk system databases Admin’s password in Plesk only.
-h, –help display this help and exit
To reach administrator’s password for Plesk database execute the following:
C:> plesk sbin psadb –get-admin-password
