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+Simple API server that provides our user panel with the ability to
+reset passwords of MySQL databases.
+
+It's just an SSO-protected HTTP endpoint with JSON
+requests/responses. There is no attempt to verify that the SSO user
+actually owns the database user whose password should be reset.
+