Reset the admin password

INITIAL_ADMIN_PASSWORD is only used when Central starts with no user accounts. Changing it later does not reset an existing account. POSTGRES_PASSWORD is the database password, not the sign-in password. If you’re locked out, reset the password directly in PostgreSQL. If you can still sign in, use Admin → Change My Password instead. Another admin can reset your password through Users & Access; that also ends your existing sessions and requires you to choose a new password.

Go to the Central folder

SSH into the Docker host and change into the folder with Central’s docker-compose.yml:

cd 3to1go-central

Reset the password to admin

docker compose exec postgres psql -U three_to_one_go -d three_to_one_go -c "CREATE EXTENSION IF NOT EXISTS pgcrypto; UPDATE app_users SET password_hash = crypt('admin', gen_salt('bf', 10)), must_change_password = true WHERE username = 'admin';"

If you changed POSTGRES_USER or POSTGRES_DB in .env, use those values in place of three_to_one_go.This SQL command changes the password and requires a password change, but does not delete existing sessions.

Open Central and sign in with username admin and password admin. Central requires you to set a new password right away.