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Reset a Database User's Password or Authentication Method

An MCP tool from the DigitalOcean API server, hosted on mcp.hjlabs.in.

Reset a Database User's Password or Authentication Method To reset the password for a database user, send a POST request to /v2/databases/$DATABASE_ID/users/$USERNAME/reset_auth. For mysql databases, the authentication method can be specifying by including… [POST /v2/databases/{database_cluster_uuid}/users/{username}/reset_auth]

Name on the gateway: digitalocean_api__databases_reset_auth · may change things.

Parameters

NameTypeDescription
database_cluster_uuid requiredstringA unique identifier for a database cluster.
username requiredstringThe name of the database user.
mysql_settingsobject

How to call it

Through the Smart Gateway, any client can run it by name with call_tool, or let the gateway find it with search_tools:

call_tool arguments
{
  "name": "digitalocean_api__databases_reset_auth",
  "arguments": {
    "database_cluster_uuid": "…",
    "username": "…"
  }
}

Or connect the DigitalOcean API server directly, which lists 874 tools including this one:

Run in your terminal
claude mcp add --transport http hj-digitalocean-api https://mcp.hjlabs.in/mcp/digitalocean-api \
  --header "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY"

Try asking

Use the reset a database user's password or authentication method tool with database_cluster_uuid set to ….

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