Werk #14386: Recommend using htpasswd with bcrypt
| Component | Site management |
| Title | Recommend using htpasswd with bcrypt |
| Date | Sep 22, 2022 |
| Checkmk Edition | Checkmk Raw (CRE) |
| Checkmk Version | 2.1.0p15 2.2.0b1 |
| Level | Trivial Change |
| Class | New Feature |
| Compatibility | Compatible - no manual interaction needed |
The welcome message displayed by omd create now recommends setting the password for cmkadmin using htpasswd -B -C 12. This way htpasswd will use bcrypt with a work factor of 12 instead of MD5 to hash the password, which is consistent with the behavior when setting passwords in WATO.
