Manage Password Settings

This guide walks you through the process of setting password policies for users and shows you how to change your own admin password.

How to Manage Password Policies

How to Update Your Admin Password

How to Manage Password Policies

1. Click on the gear-shaped Administration Settings icon on the control panel in the right-hand corner of the dashboard.

2. On the Administration Settings page, under the heading Billing, click on Users.

3. You’ll be taken to the Manage Users page, there click on the Password Policies button in the top right-hand corner. 

4. On the Security Policies page, you can set your password parameters: complexity, length, timeout, expiration, and maximum invalid login attempts.

5. To make your password difficult to guess, set its complexity by clicking on the drop-down menu under the header: Password complexity requirement. You can pick from 3 options to select the password’s difficulty level by choosing to add upper/lower case letters, numerics, and symbols. 

6. You can manipulate your password’s length by clicking on the drop-down menu under the header: Minimum password length. 

7. Next, you can decide how long your session remains active if the user is idle by setting a timeout period. Click on the drop-down menu under the header, Session timeout, and pick from the available options.

8. You can also set an automatic date for password renewal by setting up a password expiration period. Click on the drop-down menu under the header, Password expiration, and pick from the available options.

9. You can protect your account as well by limiting the number of login attempts. Click on the drop-down menu under the header, Maximum invalid login attempts, and pick from the available options. 

10. Now click Save. Your password settings have been configured.

How to Update Your Admin Password

11. To update this password, go to Dashboard and click on the profile icon on the extreme right-hand corner. A drop-down menu will open, from there select the option: Change Password.

12. On the Update Password page, type in your old/current password, then enter your new password and type it again to confirm it. Click Save. Your password has now been updated.