NAME

gcloud beta sql users set-password - changes a user's password in a given instance

SYNOPSIS

gcloud beta sql users set-password USERNAME --instance=INSTANCE, -i INSTANCE [--async] [--host=HOST] [--discard-dual-password | --retain-password] [--password=PASSWORD | --prompt-for-password] [GCLOUD_WIDE_FLAG ...]

DESCRIPTION

(BETA) Changes a user's password in a given instance with specified username and host.

POSITIONAL ARGUMENTS

USERNAME

Cloud SQL username.

REQUIRED FLAGS

--instance=INSTANCE, -i INSTANCE

Cloud SQL instance ID.

OPTIONAL FLAGS

--async

Return immediately, without waiting for the operation in progress to complete.

--host=HOST

Cloud SQL user's hostname expressed as a specific IP address or address range. % denotes an unrestricted hostname. Applicable flag for MySQL instances; ignored for all other engines. Note, if you connect to your instance using IP addresses, you must add your client IP address as an authorized address, even if your hostname is unrestricted. For more information, see Configure IP https://cloud.google.com/sql/docs/mysql/configure-ip.

At most one of these can be specified:
--discard-dual-password

Discard the user's secondary password. Cannot set password and set this flag. This flag is only available for MySQL 8.0.

--retain-password

Retain the old password when changing to the new password. Must set password with this flag. This flag is only available for MySQL 8.0.

At most one of these can be specified:
--password=PASSWORD

Cloud SQL user's password.

--prompt-for-password

Prompt for the Cloud SQL user's password with character echo disabled. The password is all typed characters up to but not including the RETURN or ENTER key.

GCLOUD WIDE FLAGS

These flags are available to all commands: --access-token-file, --account, --billing-project, --configuration, --flags-file, --flatten, --format, --help, --impersonate-service-account, --log-http, --project, --quiet, --trace-token, --user-output-enabled, --verbosity.

Run $ gcloud help for details.

NOTES

This command is currently in beta and might change without notice. These variants are also available:

$ gcloud sql users set-password

$ gcloud alpha sql users set-password