== Server Initialization

After performing all the installation and configuration tasks defined in the link:{installguide_link}[{installguide_name}],
you will need to create an initial admin account.
{project_name} does not have any configured admin account out of the box.
This account will allow you to create an admin that can log into the _master_ realm's administration console so that
you can start creating realms, users and registering applications to be secured by {project_name}.

If your
server is accessible from `localhost`, you can boot it up and create this admin user by going to the http://localhost:8080/auth URL.

.Welcome Page
image:{project_images}/initial-welcome-page.png[]

Simply specify the username and password you want for this initial admin.

If you cannot access the server via a `localhost` address, or just want to provision {project_name} from the command line
you can do this with the `.../bin/add-user-keycloak` script.

.add-user-keycloak script
image:{project_images}/add-user-script.png[]

The parameters are a little different depending if you are using the standalone operation mode or domain operation mode.  For
standalone mode, here is how you use the script.

.Linux/Unix
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$ .../bin/add-user-keycloak.sh -r master -u <username> -p <password>
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.Windows
[source]
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> ...\bin\add-user-keycloak.bat -r master -u <username> -p <password>
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For domain mode, you have to point the script to one of your server hosts using the `-sc` switch.

.Linux/Unix
[source]
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$ .../bin/add-user-keycloak.sh --sc domain/servers/server-one/configuration -r master -u <username> -p <password>
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.Windows
[source]
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> ...\bin\add-user-keycloak.bat --sc domain/servers/server-one/configuration -r master -u <username> -p <password>
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