# Login Ziti Admin Console

**URL:** <https://openziti.discourse.group/t/login-ziti-admin-console/3177>\
**Category:** Ziti Overlay\
**Created:** [September 26, 2024, 5:17pm UTC](https://openziti.discourse.group/t/login-ziti-admin-console/3177 "2024-09-26T17:17:58Z")\
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**Author:** ![CQDet2803](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/openziti.discourse.group/cqdet2803/32/2436_2.png) [@CQDet2803](https://openziti.discourse.group/u/CQDet2803)\
**Post date:** [September 26, 2024, 5:17pm UTC](https://openziti.discourse.group/t/login-ziti-admin-console/3177/1 "2024-09-26T17:17:58Z")

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I want to know where I can check the account and password of ZAC, as I seem to have forgotten them. '-u admin -p admin' doesn't seem to be correct.  
I am getting a connection refused error when accessing [https://caoduyet.centralindia.cloudapp.azure.com:8443](https://caoduyet.centralindia.cloudapp.azure.com:8443) and can only access [https://caoduyet.centralindia.cloudapp.azure.com:8441/zac/](https://caoduyet.centralindia.cloudapp.azure.com:8441/zac/).

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**Author:** ![qrkourier](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/openziti.discourse.group/qrkourier/32/52_2.png) [@qrkourier](https://openziti.discourse.group/u/qrkourier)\
**Post date:** [September 26, 2024, 5:36pm UTC](https://openziti.discourse.group/t/login-ziti-admin-console/3177/2 "2024-09-26T17:36:59Z")

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You will need access to the ziti controller to reset the administrator password.

> **[Password Management | OpenZiti](https://openziti.io/docs/learn/core-concepts/security/authentication/password-management/#administrative-password-reset)**
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> For identities using username password (UPDB) authenticators the following actions are supported:

If those don't work because you have no way to authenticate with the CLI you can STOP the running controller, insert a new admin record, then START the controller again.

```bash
sudo ziti ops db add-debug-admin /path/to/ziti/bbolt.db admin2 mynewzitipw

```

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**Author:** ![CQDet2803](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/openziti.discourse.group/cqdet2803/32/2436_2.png) [@CQDet2803](https://openziti.discourse.group/u/CQDet2803)\
**Post date:** [September 28, 2024, 9:29am UTC](https://openziti.discourse.group/t/login-ziti-admin-console/3177/3 "2024-09-28T09:29:59Z")

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sorry but i haven't done that step yet, i'm just not able to access [https://caoduyet.centralindia.cloudapp.azure.com:8443](https://caoduyet.centralindia.cloudapp.azure.com:8443), in the step named "Login and use ZAC" in [Ziti Admin Console | OpenZiti](https://openziti.io/docs/learn/quickstarts/zac/). i'm confused because when i install ExpressInstall Host Openziti Anywhere, i don't see any suggestion to port 8443 in env. Hope you can help me

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**Author:** ![TheLumberjack](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/openziti.discourse.group/thelumberjack/32/113_2.png) [@TheLumberjack](https://openziti.discourse.group/u/TheLumberjack)\
**Post date:** [September 28, 2024, 11:46am UTC](https://openziti.discourse.group/t/login-ziti-admin-console/3177/4 "2024-09-28T11:46:34Z")

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It sounds to me like your newly on your OpenZiti journey. You can certainly just choose to remove the installed network and start over if you want, that's always an option. I think there's two better options though.

If you lost your password, Ken has shown you how to change it, but you MUST ssh to the controller and have write access to the OpenZiti controller database file. The command shown will reset the password to whatever you want.

Finally, since the quickstarts are meant for leaning, during the express install phase all your important settings were saved into a file, including the password. If you ssh back to the controller, you can find your password in the .env file the quick start left behind. Look in `$HOME/.ziti/quickstart/$(hostname)/$(hostname).env`. in there, find your password by finding the ZITI\_PWD variable.