# Password generator(Postgres and MySQL) Please watch video or follow below instructions You can use this feature to generate random passwords - Next time when you create a new postgres role try this feature to generate complex password Please select option 6 followed by option 2 as illustrated below

You need to select length , special chars etc.. or leave the defaults - Default is length of 20 , 2 digits , 2 special chars , 2 uppercase chars

It produces plaintext password and encrypted password (scram-sha-256 format)

**NOTE : When creating a new user in Postgres, please use encrypted passwords only. This will prevent password leakage in logs** Example (Please see below screenshot)

You can also set custom profiles in config file to use the same pattern repeatedly Add below section to your config file located at /etc/klouddbshield/kshieldconfig.toml ``` [generatePassword] length=9 numberCount=1 numUppercase=2 specialCharCount=5 ```