No way to regenerate Bluemix service credentials

Question

If I go to any IBM Cloud aka Bluemix service, say Cloudant service instance > Service Credentials, there is a new credential button. But it always generates the same credentials (same password etc).

I have tried multiple ways but result is always same, for eg,

• Delete the existing credential and try to create a new one

• Create a new one while a credential already exists

• Delete the existing credential and Create a new one with same name

• Delete the existing credential and Create a new one with a different name etc

Could anybody please let me know how to get new password or set it to whatever we want ? This is an important requirement in cases like compromised passwords etc. Hence the question.

Answer 1

There is no way to reset the service credentials without creating a new instance and copying over the data.

I recommend generating an API key for your database through Cloudant:

You will be able to fine-tune the permissions and create/revoke API keys as much as you would like.

Answer 2

Currently there is no option to reset the service credentials that are auto-generated for Cloudant. You can create a new Cloudant instance (with new auto-generated creds and URL) and replicate the data over.