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Published Sep. 10, 2025

Database password needs to be changed

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Shimada Taro

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Issue

  • Database password needed to be changed
  • If the password for the database used in the portal is changed, will access continue from the activated Liferay?
  • What procedures will be used?

Environment

  • DXP 7.0+

solution

  • I changed the password for the DB I was connecting to while Liferay was running and it threw the following error
    Access does not appear to continue because password authentication fails.
25-May-2022 04:56:29.238 重大 [HikariPool-1 connection adder] org.postgresql.Driver.connect Connection error:
org.postgresql.util.PSQLException: FATAL: password authentication failed for user "remote_bracket"
  • Access to DB is lost due to password authentication failure.Therefore, the site will not work properly until a connection to the DB is established
  • It would be better to follow the procedure "stop Liferay -> change database password -> change database connection information in portal-ext.properties -> start Liferay".
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