NOAA Flows Access

Updating the Password

The password for accessing the NOAA flows server must be reset every 90 days. When updating the password, we stick to a common format: NoaaDec2@23. In plain text, the password is a Pascal Cased string beginning with "Noaa" followed by the first three letters of the month (when it is changed) followed by the four-digit representation of the year with the zero replaced by an "at" (@) symbol.

The username is always skshirsagar.

Password Change Instructions

1. In a browser, navigate to the NOAA FTP Server.
2. The browser will say this site is insecure, therefore you need to click on the "Advanced" or "show more" button then click on "proceed anyway" link to go to the site.
3. Login with the most recent credentials.
4. If you aren't immediately redirected to the Password Change form, then click on change password.
5. Enter the new password, making sure it conforms to the standard defined about, for example: NoaaAug2@24.

Update Passwords in 3 Apps

RDP into the RSMS Test machine and RSMS Dell Laptop. ssh to ORSANCO VM Flows DB and Microcenter Flows DB through the same way we check process flows database. This can be set up using code.

1. Change the Password value on RSMS Test machine inside the file C:\Program Files\Global Quality Corporation\RSMSFlowManagementConsoleApp\RSMSFlowManagementConsole.exe.config
2. Change the Password value on RSMS Dell Laptop inside the file C:\Program Files\Global Quality Corporation\RSMSFlowManagementConsoleApp\RSMSFlowManagementConsole.exe.config
3. Change the Password value for the ORSANCO VM Flows DB downloader. The Password value is defined on the first line of the ~/cron-ftp-flows.sh. This first line should look like: export SSHPASS=NoaaMar2@24.
4. Change the Password value for the Microcenter Flows DB downloader. The Password value is defined on the first line of the ~/git/projects/orsanco/riverflows_django/cron-ftp-flows.sh. This first line should look like: export SSHPASS=NoaaMar2@24.