[id="create-admin_{context}"]
= Creating the admin account

Before you can use {project_name}, you need to create an admin account which you use to log in to the {project_name} admin console.

.Prerequisites
* You saw no errors when you started the {project_name} server.

.Procedure

. Open http://localhost:8080/auth in your web browser.
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The welcome page opens, confirming that the server is running.
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.Welcome page
image:images/welcome.png[Welcome page]

. Enter a username and password to create an initial admin user.