Recover the panel password

Lost the panel password? It is recovered from the server console — nothing leaves your machine, there are no "reset" emails or external services: whoever has root on the server is, by definition, its owner.

The procedure (1 minute)

1. SSH into your server as root.
2. Run:

nexia-reset-password

That resets the admin account. For another panel account:

nexia-reset-password username

3. The command prints a temporary password on screen.
4. Sign in to the panel with it. It does not take you to the dashboard: it takes you straight to the password-change screen, and no other page works until you choose the definitive one.
5. Choose your new password (minimum 10 characters — a passphrase works better), and the panel asks you to sign in again with it. Done.

Why it is secure

• Only root can run it: the file is 0700 and lives in /usr/local/sbin. Having root on the server is already the proof of identity.
• The temporary one is not a real credential: it opens exactly one page — the change screen. Even if written on paper, on its own it cannot operate the switch.
• The change requires proving the temporary one again and ends the session: the new password is tested by signing in with it.
• Nothing travels outside the server: no emails, no APIs, no third parties.