Creating new user is not possible

[nvrbckdown]

Facing the problem of creating new user, it is simply not possible for now or am I doing something wrong?

P.S. app deployed as standard not production mode.

[bifrost0x]

Hi, thanks for asking! On a fresh standard (homelab) installation, you can create the first account directly in the browser:

1. Open your WebSSH address, for example http://localhost:5000 when accessing it on the Docker host. If Docker runs on another machine, use that machine's address instead.
2. With an empty database, WebSSH should automatically take you to the Create account page. You can also open /register under your WebSSH address directly.
3. Choose a username, enter and confirm your password, then click Create Account. The first account automatically receives administrator rights.

This one-time setup is enabled by default in the standard deployment (BOOTSTRAP_REGISTRATION_ENABLED=true). You do not need to enable general registration for it. Complete it from a trusted network before exposing the instance to other people.

Once an account exists, the one-time registration closes. To add more users, sign in as the administrator and use the Admin Panel. In the standard deployment, you can also enable ongoing registration there if you want users to register themselves.

If browser setup was explicitly disabled, you can create the administrator from the directory containing your Compose file:

docker compose exec webssh /app/entrypoint.sh flask --app start:app create-admin --username admin

The command prompts for the password without displaying it. Then sign in with that account.

If /register is unavailable on what you believe is a fresh standard installation, please share your container image tag/version, the exact message you see, and whether you are reusing an existing data volume. Please leave out passwords and other secrets. That will help distinguish an existing account from a configuration or version issue.