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diff --git a/docs/getting_started/user_creation.md b/docs/getting_started/user_creation.md index 806abf0fb..566df870f 100644 --- a/docs/getting_started/user_creation.md +++ b/docs/getting_started/user_creation.md @@ -2,10 +2,10 @@ Regardless of the installation method, you'll need to create some users. GoToSocial currently doesn't have a way for users to be created through the web UI, or for people to sign-up through the web UI. -Using the CLI, you can create a user: +In the meantime, you can create a user using the CLI: ```sh -$ gotosocial --config-path /path/to/config.yaml \ +./gotosocial --config-path /path/to/config.yaml \ admin account create \ --username some_username \ --email some_email@whatever.org \ @@ -17,29 +17,28 @@ In the above command, replace `some_username` with your desired username, `some_ If you want your user to have admin rights, you can promote them using a similar command: ```sh -$ gotosocial --config-path /path/to/config.yaml \ +./gotosocial --config-path /path/to/config.yaml \ admin account promote --username some_username ``` Replace `some_username` with the username of the account you just created. -!!! info - When running these commands, you'll get a bit of output like the following: +!!! warning "Promotion requires server restart" + + Due to the way caching works in GoToSocial, some admin CLI commands require a server restart after running the command in order for the changes to "take". + + For example, after promoting a user to admin, you will need to restart your GoToSocial server so that the new values can be loaded from the database. - ```text - time=XXXX level=info msg=connected to SQLITE database - time=XXXX level=info msg=there are no new migrations to run func=doMigration - time=XXXX level=info msg=closing db connection - ``` - - This is normal and indicates that the commands ran as expected. +!!! tip + + Take a look at the other available CLI commands [here](../admin/cli.md). ## Containers -When running GoToSocial from a container, you'll need to execute the above command in the conatiner instead. How to do this varies based on your container runtime, but for Docker it should look like: +When running GoToSocial from a container, you'll need to execute the above command in the container instead. How to do this varies based on your container runtime, but for Docker it should look like: ```sh -$ docker exec -it CONTAINER_NAME_OR_ID \ +docker exec -it CONTAINER_NAME_OR_ID \ /gotosocial/gotosocial \ admin account create \ --username some_username \ |