Opsview Monitor: What is the default root MySQL password?

All the passwords for the various modules are listed in the below file:

/opt/opsview/deploy/etc/user_secrets.yml

To get the root MySQL password:

[root@ovmon ~]# grep database_root_password /opt/opsview/deploy/etc/user_secrets.yml | awk '{print $2}'
TWC7268txGQL6ct1nTJOhauE

You should now be able to login to MySQL as follows:

[root@ovmon ~]# mysql -u root -h localhost -p'TWC7268txGQL6ct1nTJOhauE'
Welcome to the MariaDB monitor.  Commands end with ; or \g.
Your MariaDB connection id is 2864
Server version: 5.5.64-MariaDB MariaDB Server

Copyright (c) 2000, 2018, Oracle, MariaDB Corporation Ab and others.

Type 'help;' or '\h' for help. Type '\c' to clear the current input statement.

MariaDB [(none)]> 

To avoid having to remember the password, you can create a ~/.my.cnf file as follows:

[root@ovmon ~]# vim .my.cnf

Enter the following information replacing the password with your own:

[client]
user=root
password=TWC7268txGQL6ct1nTJOhauE

You should now be able to access MySQL as the root user simply by running mysql:

 
[root@ovmon ~]# mysql
Welcome to the MariaDB monitor.  Commands end with ; or \g.
Your MariaDB connection id is 2992
Server version: 5.5.64-MariaDB MariaDB Server

Copyright (c) 2000, 2018, Oracle, MariaDB Corporation Ab and others.

Type 'help;' or '\h' for help. Type '\c' to clear the current input statement.

MariaDB [(none)]> 

If you want a database pre-selected by default, include the database option:

[root@ovmon ~]# cat .my.cnf
[client]
user=root
password=TWC7268txGQL6ct1nTJOhauE
database=opsview

The opsview database should now be selected by default:

[root@ovmon ~]# mysql
Reading table information for completion of table and column names
You can turn off this feature to get a quicker startup with -A

Welcome to the MariaDB monitor.  Commands end with ; or \g.
Your MariaDB connection id is 3083
Server version: 5.5.64-MariaDB MariaDB Server

Copyright (c) 2000, 2018, Oracle, MariaDB Corporation Ab and others.

Type 'help;' or '\h' for help. Type '\c' to clear the current input statement.

MariaDB [opsview]>

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