Hi
I lost my admin password, I tried to reset it as shown in FAQ
sudo grafana-cli --homepath “/usr/share/grafana/” admin reset-admin-password newpass
returns : Incorrect Usage. flag provided but not defined: -homepath
could you help me
thanks
Copy/paste the command you entered and the result please. Hide the password obviously. Put it between lines containing three backticks so the format is not mangled by the forum s/w.
Use the following command, the password will be admin, just run the command and restart the grafana service, hope this helps.
Command: grafana-cli admin reset-admin-password admin
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$ sudo grafana-cli admin reset-admin-password admin
Grafana-server Init Failed: Could not find config defaults, make sure homepath command line parameter is set or working directory is homepath
doesn’t work 
any idea ? 
thanks
This might help
https://ahelpme.com/software/grafana/reset-lost-admin-password-of-grafana-server-centos-7/
thanks a lot I tried with sqlite method, it works !!
I use the root user on centos, and i do it on the folder it comes as default, i dont change any directories, and that worked for me 2 times already, but its good that you finally figured it out, sorry for the late response
For everyone that came here by a google search just like I did.
The problem is the order of the command line arguments.
When you use the command like described in the documentation, it failes:
grafana-cli --homepath "c:\Program Files\grafana" admin reset-admin-password mynewpassword
Incorrect Usage. flag provided but not defined: -homepath
But by switching the command line arguments, it works:
grafana-cli admin reset-admin-password --homepath "c:\Program Files\grafana" mynewpassword
t=2019-08-14T11:29:47+0200 lvl=info msg="Connecting to DB" logger=sqlstore dbtype=sqlite3
t=2019-08-14T11:29:47+0200 lvl=info msg="Starting DB migration" logger=migrator
Admin password changed successfully ✔
Grafana Version in use 6.1.3 on Windows 10 Pro (1809).
In WINDOWS 10
Open a console in administrator mode and go to the file folder grafana-cli.exe
cd C:\Program Files\GrafanaLabs\grafana\bin
run this command
grafana-cli admin reset-admin-password mynewpassword
C:\Program Files\GrafanaLabs\grafana\bin>grafana-cli admin reset-admin-password mynewpassword
e[32mINFOe[0m[03-20|00:08:57] Connecting to DB e[32mloggere[0m=sqlstore e[32mdbtypee[0m=sqlite3
e[32mINFOe[0m[03-20|00:08:57] Starting DB migration e[32mloggere[0m=migrator
Admin password changed successfully e[32m✔e[0m
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This solved the reset in Ubuntu
Reset admin password
grafana-cli admin reset-admin-password <new password> resets the password for the admin user using the CLI. You might need to do this if you lose the admin password.
grafana-cli admin reset-admin-password <new password>
resets the password for the admin user using the CLI. You might need to do this if you lose the admin password.
Hi,
This worked for me on AIX :
cd /usr/share/grafana
grafana-cli admin reset-admin-password admin
Good Luck
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Many thanks, this solved the issue!
Can you mark as solution
In Mac with 8.3.5 version.
/usr/local/opt/grafana/bin/grafana-cli --config /usr/local/etc/grafana/grafana.ini --homepath /usr/local/opt/grafana/share/grafana admin reset-admin-password admin
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Super helpful. Thank you!
hello,
what about doing that on Grafana installed via docker compose?
thanks, a lot
Hello to everyone,
I tried this command (grafana-cli admin reset-admin-password --homepath) but it doesn’t work although I succeeded. I am using Centos 8. Any other ideas?
Please explain in more detail what “it doesn’t work” and “succeeded” mean.
Ideally, please copy and paste here the text of the command you run and the
response you get.
Thanks,
Antony.
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([root@localhost ~]# grafana-cli admin reset-admin-password ‘admin’ ) I run this command. I get the message ‘admin password changed succussfully’. but I still can’t login.
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