User Login

Login

Login allows a user to login to a server running in Server Mode. All users that are created within the system have full access to all resources, secrets and services the server provides.

First Time Login

When running the server for the first time, a temporary admin account with a password of admin will be created.

Run the following from the gateway client and then enter admin as the password:

iagctl login admin

You will then be prompted to enter a new password. Follow all remaining prompts to confirm your password and then login for the first time.

Create Admin Login

To create the admin login:

1. Start up server.
2. Create temporary admin user and password.
3. Login with temp admin user and password.
4. Change password.
5. Authenticate to server.
6. Server generates API key that is passed in GRPC calls.

Create User with Temp Password

To create a user with a temporary password flag:

1. User logs in with temporary password.
2. Users is prompted (required) to change password.
3. User changes password.
4. Users authenticates to server.
5. Server generates API key that is passed in GRPC calls.

Regular User Login

Below are the stops for regular user login:

1. User logs in with password.
2. Authenticate to server.
3. Server generates API key that is passed in GRPC calls.

Resetting the Admin Password

Resetting the admin password requires access to the server instance to perform the reset action.

To reset the password, run:

iagctl server --recover-admin-user

This command will prompt you to enter a new password for the admin user if it is already set.

CLI References

For related login commands see → iagctl login

For command references see → Command References Index