AltaVault 4.3.1 Secure Vault reset

Fabian1993 — Wed, 04 Jun 2025 14:54:56 GMT

HI Guys,

is it possible to reset the secure Vault Password, no one of us can't remember the Password, i think we lost it

It is only a Demo-Machine....(VA)

Thank you

Regards

Fabian

Re: AltaVault 4.3.1 Secure Vault reset

chriswong — Fri, 14 Jul 2017 17:29:14 GMT

Hi,

If you've forgotten the secure vault passphrase, then recovery will require the destructive operation of clearing the secure vault. After clearing the secure vault a new, empty one will be available and you will need to readd the lost components, namely the encryption key and cloud credentials. There is no way to recover the contents of a secure vault unless the passphrase is known. If you don't have the encryption key saved as part of a configuration backup of AltaVault, then you may have to start over from a backup perspective, writing data to a new cloud bucket (or clearing the contents of the existing bucket).

The process to clear the secure vault is by issuing these CLI commands to AltaVault:

> enable

# config t

(config) # secure-vault clear

(the system will automatically reboot)

When the system has booted, it will be missing the cloud credentials and encryption key. These can be re-entered under Configure > Storage > Cloud Settings, or imported from a previously saved configuration archive using Configure > Setup Wizard.

Regards,

Christopher

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AltaVault 4.3.1 Secure Vault reset

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