[Geoserver-users] Changing admin user and password in docker container

GeoServer GeoServer User
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I’m attempting to change the admin login for an existing kartoza/geoserver docker container. I’ve followed the instructions here: https://hub.docker.com/r/kartoza/geoserver

The GEOSERVER_ADMIN_PASSWORD and GEOSERVER_ADMIN_USER are set and visible with env in the container and I have mounted the volume settings:/settings in my docker-compose.yml. Yet when I stop and restart the service the password is always the default. Any suggestions?

I am using version 2.20.0

Thanks,​

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Brian Jubelirer

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I’ve followed the geoserver docker page: GitHub - geoserver/docker: GeoServer docker image
And the GEOSERVER_ADMIN_PASSWORD env parameter is not working.

My docker compose configs:

    volumes:
      - ${N_REPO}/conf/geoserver/geoserver_data:/opt/geoserver_data
      - ${N_REPO}/conf/geoserver/additional_libs:/opt/additional_libs
      - ${N_REPO}/conf/geoserver/config_overrides:/opt/config_overrides
      - ${N_REPO}/conf/geoserver/additional_fonts:/opt/additional_fonts
    environment:
      - GEOSERVER_ADMIN_PASSWORD=lalala
      - WEBAPP_CONTEXT=/geoserver
      - SKIP_DEMO_DATA=true
      - INSTALL_EXTENSIONS=true
      - STABLE_EXTENSIONS=control-flow,css,oracle,printing,querylayer

Is this a bug or am i missing something?

Thanks

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Found it on the startup.sh inside geoserver image:

if [ -n "$GEOSERVER_ADMIN_PASSWORD" ] && [ -n "$GEOSERVER_ADMIN_USER" ]; then 
    /bin/sh /opt/update_credentials.sh                                        
fi

So, it’s always mandatory to set both variables to change the user or password.