Creating a permanent password for Portainer

Scope

By default, Portainer gets it's password from the VIP-Setup utility. This is great for initial configuration, but you might want to set a more permanent password.

Setting the password

  1. On the left side menu, go to Users

  2. On the bottom of the Users page, you will see a link to the admin account. Click on admin

  3. The next page will allow you the set a new admin password for Portainer.

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