[id="create-admin"]
=== 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:{project_images}/welcome.png[]

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

// Additional resources
// For more information, see the
// link:{installguide_link}[{installguide_name}] and the link:{adminguide_link}[{adminguide_name}].