Local Users - Regenerate Password

Service:

Storage Resource Provider

API Version:

2023-01-01

Regenerate the local user SSH password.

POST https://management.azure.com/subscriptions/{subscriptionId}/resourceGroups/{resourceGroupName}/providers/Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts/{accountName}/localUsers/{username}/regeneratePassword?api-version=2023-01-01

URI Parameters

Name	In	Required	Type	Description
accountName	path	True	string	The name of the storage account within the specified resource group. Storage account names must be between 3 and 24 characters in length and use numbers and lower-case letters only. Regex pattern: ^[a-z0-9]+$
resourceGroupName	path	True	string	The name of the resource group within the user's subscription. The name is case insensitive. Regex pattern: ^[-\w\._\(\)]+$
subscriptionId	path	True	string	The ID of the target subscription.
username	path	True	string	The name of local user. The username must contain lowercase letters and numbers only. It must be unique only within the storage account.
api-version	query	True	string	The API version to use for this operation.

Responses

Name	Type	Description
200 OK	LocalUserRegeneratePasswordResult	OK -- Regenerate local user password successfully.
Other Status Codes	ErrorResponse	Error response describing why the operation failed.

Security

azure_auth

Azure Active Directory OAuth2 Flow

Type: oauth2
Flow: implicit
Authorization URL: https://login.microsoftonline.com/common/oauth2/authorize

Scopes

Name	Description
user_impersonation	impersonate your user account

Examples

RegenerateLocalUserPassword

Sample request

HTTP

POST https://management.azure.com/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/res6977/providers/Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts/sto2527/localUsers/user1/regeneratePassword?api-version=2023-01-01

Java

/** Samples for LocalUsersOperation RegeneratePassword. */
public final class Main {
    /*
     * x-ms-original-file:
     * specification/storage/resource-manager/Microsoft.Storage/stable/2023-01-01/examples/LocalUserRegeneratePassword.
     * json
     */
    /**
     * Sample code: RegenerateLocalUserPassword.
     *
     * @param azure The entry point for accessing resource management APIs in Azure.
     */
    public static void regenerateLocalUserPassword(com.azure.resourcemanager.AzureResourceManager azure) {
        azure.storageAccounts().manager().serviceClient().getLocalUsersOperations()
            .regeneratePasswordWithResponse("res6977", "sto2527", "user1", com.azure.core.util.Context.NONE);
    }
}

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Python

from azure.identity import DefaultAzureCredential
from azure.mgmt.storage import StorageManagementClient

"""
# PREREQUISITES
    pip install azure-identity
    pip install azure-mgmt-storage
# USAGE
    python local_user_regenerate_password.py

    Before run the sample, please set the values of the client ID, tenant ID and client secret
    of the AAD application as environment variables: AZURE_CLIENT_ID, AZURE_TENANT_ID,
    AZURE_CLIENT_SECRET. For more info about how to get the value, please see:
    https://docs.microsoft.com/azure/active-directory/develop/howto-create-service-principal-portal
"""


def main():
    client = StorageManagementClient(
        credential=DefaultAzureCredential(),
        subscription_id="{subscription-id}",
    )

    response = client.local_users.regenerate_password(
        resource_group_name="res6977",
        account_name="sto2527",
        username="user1",
    )
    print(response)


# x-ms-original-file: specification/storage/resource-manager/Microsoft.Storage/stable/2023-01-01/examples/LocalUserRegeneratePassword.json
if __name__ == "__main__":
    main()

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Go

package armstorage_test

import (
	"context"
	"log"

	"github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-go/sdk/azidentity"
	"github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-go/sdk/resourcemanager/storage/armstorage"
)

// Generated from example definition: https://github.com/Azure/azure-rest-api-specs/blob/0baf811c3c76c87b3c127d098519bd97141222dd/specification/storage/resource-manager/Microsoft.Storage/stable/2023-01-01/examples/LocalUserRegeneratePassword.json
func ExampleLocalUsersClient_RegeneratePassword() {
	cred, err := azidentity.NewDefaultAzureCredential(nil)
	if err != nil {
		log.Fatalf("failed to obtain a credential: %v", err)
	}
	ctx := context.Background()
	clientFactory, err := armstorage.NewClientFactory("<subscription-id>", cred, nil)
	if err != nil {
		log.Fatalf("failed to create client: %v", err)
	}
	res, err := clientFactory.NewLocalUsersClient().RegeneratePassword(ctx, "res6977", "sto2527", "user1", nil)
	if err != nil {
		log.Fatalf("failed to finish the request: %v", err)
	}
	// You could use response here. We use blank identifier for just demo purposes.
	_ = res
	// If the HTTP response code is 200 as defined in example definition, your response structure would look as follows. Please pay attention that all the values in the output are fake values for just demo purposes.
	// res.LocalUserRegeneratePasswordResult = armstorage.LocalUserRegeneratePasswordResult{
	// 	SSHPassword: to.Ptr("<REDACTED>"),
	// }
}

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JavaScript

const { StorageManagementClient } = require("@azure/arm-storage");
const { DefaultAzureCredential } = require("@azure/identity");

/**
 * This sample demonstrates how to Regenerate the local user SSH password.
 *
 * @summary Regenerate the local user SSH password.
 * x-ms-original-file: specification/storage/resource-manager/Microsoft.Storage/stable/2023-01-01/examples/LocalUserRegeneratePassword.json
 */
async function regenerateLocalUserPassword() {
  const subscriptionId = process.env["STORAGE_SUBSCRIPTION_ID"] || "{subscription-id}";
  const resourceGroupName = process.env["STORAGE_RESOURCE_GROUP"] || "res6977";
  const accountName = "sto2527";
  const username = "user1";
  const credential = new DefaultAzureCredential();
  const client = new StorageManagementClient(credential, subscriptionId);
  const result = await client.localUsersOperations.regeneratePassword(
    resourceGroupName,
    accountName,
    username
  );
  console.log(result);
}

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Sample response

Status code:

200

{
  "sshPassword": "<REDACTED>"
}

Definitions

Name	Description
ErrorResponse	An error response from the storage resource provider.
ErrorResponseBody	Error response body contract.
LocalUserRegeneratePasswordResult	The secrets of Storage Account Local User.

ErrorResponse

An error response from the storage resource provider.

Name	Type	Description
error	ErrorResponseBody	Azure Storage Resource Provider error response body.

ErrorResponseBody

Error response body contract.

Name	Type	Description
code	string	An identifier for the error. Codes are invariant and are intended to be consumed programmatically.
message	string	A message describing the error, intended to be suitable for display in a user interface.

LocalUserRegeneratePasswordResult

The secrets of Storage Account Local User.

Name	Type	Description
sshPassword	string	Auto generated password by the server for SSH authentication if hasSshPassword is set to true on the creation of local user.