so i have a old maria db instance that was storing a lot of stuff i have lost the root password along time ago and i have also lost the default database user pass all the sub databases i made i kept there passwords safe and can recover them but the main database i cant get or find the pass word for. how ever it is still there as when i try to reinstall it is filled is there away i can get this pass word to then login to it and recover the data there and migrate it to a new database where i will keep a log of the root pass?

On 10/16/2025 at 5:55 PM, Uncommon said:

so i have a old maria db instance that was storing a lot of stuff i have lost the root password along time ago and i have also lost the default database user pass all the sub databases i made i kept there passwords safe and can recover them but the main database i cant get or find the pass word for. how ever it is still there as when i try to reinstall it is filled is there away i can get this pass word to then login to it and recover the data there and migrate it to a new database where i will keep a log of the root pass?

Unraid templates are stored on the flash drive.

cd /boot/config/plugins/dockerMan/templates-user/

example:

root@The-Borg:/boot/config/plugins/dockerMan/templates-user# ls

my-ApacheGuacamole.xml my-Immich_Valkey.xml my-Redis_Immich.xml my-homarr.xml my-proxmox-backup-server.xml

my-ClamAV-clamdscan.xml my-Influxdb.xml my-Redis_NetBox.xml my-homeassistant.xml my-sftp-fail2ban.xml

my-ClamAV.xml my-MakeMKV.xml my-RocketChat.xml my-iPXE-buildweb.xml my-sftp.xml

my-ClamAV.xml.bak my-MongoDB-RocketChat.xml my-UniFi-Video.xml my-immich.xml my-steam-headless.xml

my-Factorio.xml my-Palworld.xml my-UptimeKuma.xml my-mariadb-hive.xml my-syncthing.xml

my-Grafana-Unraid-Stack.xml my-Pihole-DoT-DoH.xml my-binhex-syncthing.xml my-netbootxyz.xml my-unifi-controller-reborn.xml

my-Homebox.xml my-PostgreSQL_Immich.xml my-foldingathome.xml my-netbox.xml my-watchtower.xml

my-Immich_PostgreSQL.xml my-PostgreSQL_Netbox.xml my-frigate.xml my-plex.xml

root@The-Borg:/boot/config/plugins/dockerMan/templates-user#

I can cat my-xyz template and read the xml line.
You might be able to pull the database password from that line...

Example:
root@The-Borg:/boot/config/plugins/dockerMan/templates-user# cat my-mariadb-hive.xml

<Config Name="MYSQL_PASSWORD" Target="MYSQL_PASSWORD" Default="DATABASE_PASSWORD" Mode="{3}" Description="Set this to the password you want to use for you MYSQL_USER (minimum 4 characters and non-alphanumeric passwords must be properly escaped)." Type="Variable" Display="always" Required="false" Mask="true">clonedeploy</Config>

as I did play around with hive farm os for bitcoin miners.. there default password is clonedeploy. Which is seen in the template.

Edited October 20, 2025Oct 20 by bmartino1
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