Reset Rocketchat lost Admin Password

Resetting RocketChat admin password

This method was test on a rocketchat on Ubuntu

Login into Ubunut CLI

Connect to MongoDB using this command:

sudo rocketchat-server.mongo

Select Rocket.Chat Database:

use parties

This command resets the username "administrator" to "12345".  If your system uses a different name, just change that name in the command below.

db.getCollection('users').update({username:"administrator"}, { $set: {"services" : { "password" : {"bcrypt" : "$2a$10$n9CM8OgInDlwpvjLKLPML.eizXIzLlRtgCh3GRLafOdR9ldAUh/KG" } } } })

You SHOULD be able to login to your server using the password 12345