I can alter the doadmin password manually through pgAdmin and reauthenticate with the new password; however, the doadmin password will eventually change the same way the “reset password” under “Users & Databases”, such that the password uses the same Digital Ocean convention and it becomes visible on the web dashboard by clicking the “show” button.
I do not want the doadmin password to be visible on the web dashboard. Is the Digital Ocean service changing the password because it uses the doadmin account; hence the “doadmin” name?
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Hey,
I think the doadmin account is a built‑in administrative user that DigitalOcean uses for managing the PostgreSQL cluster (replication, maintenance, etc.). I believe you can’t delete it, and any password change you make manually isn’t permanent, I think that if you reset it in the control panel, via doctl, or if DigitalOcean does certain backend maintenance, it’ll likely be replaced with a new DO‑generated password that’s shown in the dashboard.
From what I’ve seen, there’s no way to hide doadmin or fully stop that behavior. If you want to avoid having credentials visible in the dashboard, your best option is to create your own database user with the privileges you need and use that for your apps or tools. That way, you control the username and password, and it won’t be changed unless you do it yourself.
Docs: Manage PostgreSQL users and databases
If you still want that as a feature, the best thing to do to get your voice heard regarding this would be to head over to the DigitalOcean Product Ideas board and post a new idea, including as much information as possible for what you’d like to see implemented.
If you post it there, feel free to share the link to the idea here as well. I will be happy to upvote it.
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