Hello, I have securely created Username/password based authentication from Node red documentation. I am a beginner in node red same like this in settings.js file adminAuth: { type: "credentials", users: [{ username: "admin", password: "$2a$08$zZWtXTja0fB1pzD4sHCMyOCMYz2Z6dNbM6tl8sJogENOMcxWV…

[image] Colin: The password is not generated by the hash, you are supposed to enter the password you want in the admin tool and it generates the hash for that password for you to put in the settings file. this @Colin answer helped me to solve the problem and also @Andrei suggested to check p…

You need to follow the link to the security.html page and follow the instructions to create your own password hash that replaces the "$2a$08$zZWtXTja0fB1pzD4sHCMyOCMYz2Z6dNbM6tl8sJogENOMcxWV9DN." you then restart Node-RED so it reads the file containing your password hash and log in with your passw…

thank you for you reply. i followed all these steps. "$2b$08$gzkXWJA3Zd2RzpXqL7uPsOqyHsF628QCF9CYHCywVcz3Gqe56N4ta.", this is what my password in settings.js file looks like. but with this i am not able to login.

Did you check your password like suggested? [image] Andrei: I recommend to check the password against the hash in an online tools , like this one (click here):

I tried this Hash match. but still i dont know passwords to match. so this kind of not working for me.

Eh? Did you generate your own password? If so, then you know it. Think of a password Generate a hash from that password Check hash matches your password Copy the hash to settings file Restart node red Login using password you thought of in step 1 It's really quite simple.

i installed first npm install -g node-red-admin then node-red-admin hash-pw in command promt this created password. and i copied it and pasted into setttings.js file in node-red. and then i used it to log in into node red. but not working.

you don't mention restarting Node-RED

I did restarted and did process newly again. this is what i followed: from Node Red Documentation Blockquote Username/password based authentication To enable user authentication on the Editor and Admin API, add the following to your settings.js file: adminAuth: { type: "credentials", …

Which settings.json file did you edit? Post the log you see when you restart node-red, starting with the Welcome to node-red message, up to the point where you try to log in.

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Andrei 3 May 2019 14:18 10

If you follow the step by step instructions from @Steve-Mcl it is gonna work wonderfully.

Just one question:
What tool you have used to get the hash you posted?
"$2b$08$gzkXWJA3Zd2RzpXqL7uPsOqyHsF628QCF9CYHCywVcz3Gqe56N4ta." ?

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