The administrator username and password is stored on your server in the following configuration file: /wgdashboard/src/wg-dashboard.ini
If you have forgotten your username and/or password, you can remove the corresponding values from this file and reboot the server in order to have them reset to the default values - "admin"You can reset the credentials to the default admin/admin by following these steps:
- Connect to your server via SSH
Install Midnight Commander for convenient navigation and file editingExecute the following command (you can paste it into your SSH client):
Code Block language bash theme Midnight apt-get install mc
After MC has been installed, run the following command to access the configuration file:
Remove the values from "uername" and/or "password" lines after the "=" sign (mind the spaces)Code Block language bash theme Midnight mceditsed -i '2 c\username = admin' /wgdashboard/src/wg-dashboard.ini
- Save the file by pressing F2
&& sed -i '3 c\password = 8c6976e5b5410415bde908bd4dee15dfb167a9c873fc4bb8a81f6f2ab448a918' /wgdashboard/src/wg-dashboard.ini && systemctl restart wg-dash
Wait for WGDashboard to reset (it should take under a minute).
Head over to your WGDashboard page, and use "admin" for both the uername and password.
Once logged in, change your username and password, as per the Wireguard template
- Wait for the server to reboot (can take a couple of minutes), and open your WGdashbopard page
- Enter "admin" on the login fields that correspond to the values that you removed (username and/or password)
- Once you have successfully logged in, change the username and/or password, in order to keep your server safe, as per the
instructions.
Reboot the server with the reboot command
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