I can't register admin user (non-root docker) [use non-root version of command]

Installation Issues
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Hello, I wanted to consult because I have a problem, I have installed in docker and I think it works fine, but when I create the admin user, it does not show the link on the screen nor does it send me an email.

This is the code that I execute, and the user “adminsrv” is that I use in ubuntu. After executing this code it does nothing.

if you open the web, it opens but always goes to/auth/login?redirect=%2F&locale=es-ES

docker-compose -f docker-compose-ce.yaml exec adminsrv su -m -c “/usr/share/php/passbolt/bin/cake
adminsrv register_user
-u sistemas@mail.com
-f
-l
-r admin” -s /bin/sh www-data

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Hi @SistemaInprotur Welcome to the forum!

What is happening here is just a misunderstanding of the command. Your user’s email address (u), and first (f) and last (l) name are able to be set.

Where you have adminsrv it needs to be passbolt.

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Hi Garrett, I already tried that but it doesn’t work, it gives the following error.

adminsrv@svr-docker01:~/passbolt$ docker-compose -f docker-compose-ce.yaml exec passbolt su -m -c “/usr/share/php/passbolt/bin/cake
passbolt register_user
-u sistemas@xxxxxx.xxx
-f
-l
-r admin” -s /bin/sh www-data
Password:
su: Authentication failure

I don’t know what the passbolt user’s password is, I haven’t created it, that’s why it had changed to the ubuntu user with which I run, which is adminsrv.

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The first passbolt is a reference to the passbolt container, and the second passbolt is a reference to a passbolt family of commands.

The adminsrv user must not have su rights would be my guess. Or, if it asks for a password, provide the one for adminsrv.

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ok thanks, if I type the password of the adminsrv user, it gives the same error, “su: Authentication failure”. So where does it say passbolt do I have to change something?
Sorry I didn’t understand this part.

6

Which docker tag are you using here? The non-root one will have slightly different instructions for the first user creation

7

Hi Clayton, yes I am using image: passbolt/passbolt:latest-ce-non-root.

I think everything works but I would need to create that first admin user.

version: ‘3.9’
services:
db:
image: mariadb:10.3
restart: unless-stopped
environment:
MYSQL_RANDOM_ROOT_PASSWORD: “true”
MYSQL_DATABASE: “passbolt”
MYSQL_USER: “passbolt”
MYSQL_PASSWORD: “xxxxxxxxxxxxxx”
volumes:
- database_volume:/var/lib/mysql

passbolt:
#image: passbolt/passbolt:latest-ce
#Alternatively you can use rootless:
image: passbolt/passbolt:latest-ce-non-root
restart: unless-stopped
depends_on:
- db
environment:
APP_FULL_BASE_URL: https://vault.xxxxxxxxx.xxx:xxxx
DATASOURCES_DEFAULT_HOST: “db”
DATASOURCES_DEFAULT_USERNAME: “passbolt”
DATASOURCES_DEFAULT_PASSWORD: “xxxxxxxxxxxxxx”
DATASOURCES_DEFAULT_DATABASE: “passbolt”
#PASSBOLT_REGISTRATION_PUBLIC: “true”
EMAIL_DEFAULT_FROM_NAME: “Passbolt”
EMAIL_DEFAULT_FROM: “no-replay@xxxxxx.xxx”
EMAIL_TRANSPORT_DEFAULT_HOST: 192.168.xxx.xxx
EMAIL_TRANSPORT_DEFAULT_PORT: 25
EMAIL_TRANSPORT_DEFAULT_USERNAME: null
EMAIL_TRANSPORT_DEFAULT_PASSWORD: null
EMAIL_TRANSPORT_DEFAULT_TLS: null
volumes:
- gpg_volume:/etc/passbolt/gpg
- jwt_volume:/etc/passbolt/jwt
- ./certs/cert.pem:/etc/passbolt/certs/certificate.crt:ro
- ./certs/key.pem:/etc/passbolt/certs/certificate.key:ro
command: [“/usr/bin/wait-for.sh”, “-t”, “0”, “db:xxxx”, “–”, “/docker-entrypoint.sh”]
ports:
# - 80:80
# - 443:443
#Alternatively for non-root images:
- 80:xxxx
- 443:xxxx

volumes:
database_volume:
gpg_volume:
jwt_volume:

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Ok that makes sense with the error you have been getting. The non-root install by default uses the www-data user so no need to su so the command will actually be:

docker-compose -f docker-compose-ce.yaml exec passbolt ./bin/cake passbolt register_user \
-u email@domain.tld \
-f yourname \
-l surname \
-r admin
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Excellent, Clayton was that. Thank you very much for your help.

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