# Quickstart Authentication Req Failed - Local No Docker **URL:** \ **Category:** Uncategorized\ **Created:** [June 26, 2023, 8:47am UTC](https://openziti.discourse.group/t/quickstart-authentication-req-failed-local-no-docker/1345 "2023-06-26T08:47:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![IJBOL](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/858c86/32.png) [@IJBOL](https://openziti.discourse.group/u/IJBOL)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2023, 8:47am UTC](https://openziti.discourse.group/t/quickstart-authentication-req-failed-local-no-docker/1345/1 "2023-06-26T08:47:09Z")
Hello, so i was following this tutorial for a quickstart local no docker [OpenZiti "Everything Local (No Docker)" Quickstart Overview - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ukvuF6W5560&ab_channel=OpenZiti), but i always ended up with the same problem, which is “the authentication request failed” when i entered my username + password on the ZAC landing page. Is there a solution or an explanation? I’m doing this in Kali Linux via a virtual machine on mac, thank you ---
**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:** [June 26, 2023, 11:20am UTC](https://openziti.discourse.group/t/quickstart-authentication-req-failed-local-no-docker/1345/2 "2023-06-26T11:20:56Z")
Hi @IJBOL, welcome to the community and to OpenZiti! Are you able to login using the `ziti` CLI? After running the quickstart, there’s a .env file, usually located at `$HOME/.ziti/quickstart/$(hostanme)/$(hostname).env`. If you look in that file for `ZITI_USER` and `ZITI_PWD`, that should be the username and passwsord you would use. Let’s first confirm you can loging with the `ziti` CLI then we can take a look at the ZAC, sound good? ---
**Author:** ![IJBOL](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/858c86/32.png) [@IJBOL](https://openziti.discourse.group/u/IJBOL)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2023, 9:54am UTC](https://openziti.discourse.group/t/quickstart-authentication-req-failed-local-no-docker/1345/3 "2023-07-03T09:54:50Z")
Thank you for the reply, but i still got an error after that. But it’s okay because i decided to use Ubuntu instead of Kali Linux and it works perfectly fine just like in the video! ---
**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:** [July 3, 2023, 12:48pm UTC](https://openziti.discourse.group/t/quickstart-authentication-req-failed-local-no-docker/1345/4 "2023-07-03T12:48:11Z")
Very glad to hear you got it sorted. Not sure why Kali is causing trouble, but I’m interested in knowing why. I’ll poke around myself, but maybe another community member got Kali to work. I filed [Kali linux doesn't seem to work with quickstart · Issue #1186 · openziti/ziti · GitHub](https://github.com/openziti/ziti/issues/1186) to track checking out Kali with the quickstart ---
**Author:** ![IJBOL](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/858c86/32.png) [@IJBOL](https://openziti.discourse.group/u/IJBOL)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2023, 6:03am UTC](https://openziti.discourse.group/t/quickstart-authentication-req-failed-local-no-docker/1345/5 "2023-07-04T06:03:19Z")
Okay i have some follow up questions. When i restarted the VM and tried to access ZAC again, it wouldnt connect to the localhost and i also couldnt use the startRouter startController etc commands. I tried to source the env file but it still did not works. I’ve checked posts regarding this problem but im still having trouble with it… Also there is this error message that i got when i accessed the ZAC (before i restarted the vm), is it supposed to do that or…? ![Screenshot 2023-07-04 at 11.34.12](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/free1/uploads/netfoundry/original/2X/7/76c99ac71b309a5525f3605fb4a0c65c3431096f.png) Because you should be able to run it without having to use the expressInstall everytime right? but whenever i restart the vm or the terminal it just doesnt work anymore… Thank you in advance (and sorry if my questions sounds dumb lol)!! ---
**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:** [July 5, 2023, 12:23am UTC](https://openziti.discourse.group/t/quickstart-authentication-req-failed-local-no-docker/1345/6 "2023-07-05T00:23:37Z")
> [@IJBOL](#): > > startRouter startController These are functions you get when sourcing [ziti-cli-functions](https://get.openziti.io/quick/ziti-cli-functions.sh). We really need to make this more clear as it's a common stumbling block. Those ZAC errors are annoying but not important. It's related to the session of your browser. You'll see those. @jeremy.tellier it's probably worth tracking those down? > [@IJBOL](#): > > you should be able to run it without having to use the expressInstall everytime right? but whenever i restart the vm or the terminal it just doesnt work anymore… Most definitely! 😄 I think I addressed the "didn't work" comment above. Hope that helps ---
**Author:** ![IJBOL](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/858c86/32.png) [@IJBOL](https://openziti.discourse.group/u/IJBOL)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2023, 2:34pm UTC](https://openziti.discourse.group/t/quickstart-authentication-req-failed-local-no-docker/1345/7 "2023-07-05T14:34:33Z")
Okay thank you for the advice, it works perfectly fine now 😃 ---
**Author:** ![gberl002](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/openziti.discourse.group/gberl002/32/333_2.png) [@gberl002](https://openziti.discourse.group/u/gberl002)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2023, 2:34pm UTC](https://openziti.discourse.group/t/quickstart-authentication-req-failed-local-no-docker/1345/8 "2023-07-05T14:34:54Z")
Hi @IJBOL, welcome to the community. I’m glad you got it working on Ubuntu. I’d also like to investigate the Kali issue. If you don’t mind, I’d like to know more about your Kali setup. What Mac (Intel/M1/M2) and OS are you running? What VM software? What version of Kali Linux (is it a bare metal OS or a prebuilt VM OS)? Thanks for bringing this to our attention. ---
**Author:** ![IJBOL](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/858c86/32.png) [@IJBOL](https://openziti.discourse.group/u/IJBOL)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2023, 2:55am UTC](https://openziti.discourse.group/t/quickstart-authentication-req-failed-local-no-docker/1345/10 "2023-07-06T02:55:16Z")
Hello, i use Mac M1 with macOS Monterey. I used UTM for the VM software, and my kali linux is on version 2022.1 and it is a prebuilt VM OS. ---
**Author:** ![gberl002](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/openziti.discourse.group/gberl002/32/333_2.png) [@gberl002](https://openziti.discourse.group/u/gberl002)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2023, 1:11pm UTC](https://openziti.discourse.group/t/quickstart-authentication-req-failed-local-no-docker/1345/11 "2023-07-06T13:11:34Z")
Great, thanks for the info. I’ll try getting the same setup going and see if I can reproduce your initial issues. ---
**Author:** ![gberl002](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/openziti.discourse.group/gberl002/32/333_2.png) [@gberl002](https://openziti.discourse.group/u/gberl002)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2023, 2:31pm UTC](https://openziti.discourse.group/t/quickstart-authentication-req-failed-local-no-docker/1345/12 "2023-07-07T14:31:31Z")
@IJBOL I tried reproducing your issue on a few variations of Kali Linux (Rasberry Pi, UTM emulated, UTM Virtualized) with no luck. Would you be willing to try running the quickstart on Kali Linux again so I can work with you directly and we can look into this further? If not, that’s okay, and we’ll call it a fluke for now. Many things can affect setting up a Ziti network, so without specifically seeing the problem and troubleshooting on the spot, we can only hope to reproduce it, which, unfortunately, I was unable to do.