diff --git a/manifest.yml b/manifest.yml
index af6eb09..6870906 100755
--- a/manifest.yml
+++ b/manifest.yml
@@ -103,12 +103,13 @@ onInstall:
 actions:
   setupDB:
     - cmd[sqldb]: |-
-        #jem passwd set -p wow #use if need to reset DB password
+        ADMIN_PASSWORD=`pwgen 10 1`
+        jem passwd set -p $ADMIN_PASSWORD #use if need to reset DB password
         USER=${DB_USER}
         PASSWORD=${DB_PASS}
         MYSQL=`which mysql`
         cmd="CREATE USER '$USER'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY '$PASSWORD'; CREATE USER '$USER'@'%' IDENTIFIED BY '$PASSWORD'; GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON *.* TO '$USER'@'localhost' WITH GRANT OPTION; GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON *.* TO '$USER'@'%' WITH GRANT OPTION; FLUSH PRIVILEGES;"
-        $MYSQL -uroot -p${nodes.sqldb.password} --execute="$cmd"
+        $MYSQL -uroot -p$ADMIN_PASSWORD --execute="$cmd"
       user: root
       
   addLimits: #what does this do?
diff --git a/scripts/beforeInstall.js b/scripts/beforeInstall.js
index 8f268c5..1eccd94 100755
--- a/scripts/beforeInstall.js
+++ b/scripts/beforeInstall.js
@@ -32,23 +32,23 @@ resp.nodes.push({
   nodeGroup: "sqldb",
   //restartDelay: 10,
   skipNodeEmails: true,
-  validation: {
-    minCount: db_count,
-    maxCount: db_count
-  },
-  cluster: {
-    scheme: db_cluster,
-    db_user: "${globals.DB_USER}",
-    db_pass: "${globals.DB_PASS}",
-    is_proxysql: false,
-    custom_conf: "${baseUrl}/configs/sqldb/wordpress.cnf"
-  },
-  env: {
-    SCHEME: db_cluster,
-    DB_USER: "${globals.DB_USER}",
-    DB_PASS: "${globals.DB_PASS}",
-    IS_PROXYSQL: false
-  }  
+  // validation: {
+  //   minCount: db_count,
+  //   maxCount: db_count
+  // },
+  // cluster: {
+  //   scheme: db_cluster,
+  //   db_user: "${globals.DB_USER}",
+  //   db_pass: "${globals.DB_PASS}",
+  //   is_proxysql: false,
+  //   custom_conf: "${baseUrl}/configs/sqldb/wordpress.cnf"
+  // },
+  // env: {
+  //   SCHEME: db_cluster,
+  //   DB_USER: "${globals.DB_USER}",
+  //   DB_PASS: "${globals.DB_PASS}",
+  //   IS_PROXYSQL: false
+  // }  
 });
 
 resp.nodes.push({