Password Complexity

This section lets you set password complexity requirements.

In the Password Complexity section, you can:

1. enable rules about characters in passwords. This setting overwrites the more specific password character rules.
2. allow passwords similar to usernames.
   Example

   With this setting, a user with username random can set random1 as their password.

3. set how many character types a valid password needs to contain.
4. set how many digits a valid password needs to contain.
5. set how many non-alphanumeric characters a valid password needs to contain.
6. set how many lowercase characters a valid password needs to contain.
7. set how many uppercase characters a valid password needs to contain.
8. specify how many days a password is valid before it needs to be changed.
   Info

   Confluence Administrator can reset their own password age to avoid changing it. To reset administrator password age, go to Configuration > General and click Reset

9. set how many previous passwords are remembered. A new password needs to be different from the remembered passwords.
10. set the minimum number of characters in a valid password.
11. set the maximum number of characters in a valid password.