Creating the Admin Account

After the server boots, open your browser and go to the http://localhost:8080/auth URL. The page should look like this:

Welcome Page

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Keycloak does not have a configured admin account by default. You must create one on the Welcome page. 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 and users and registering applications to be secured by Keycloak.

Note
You can only create an initial admin user on the Welcome Page if you connect using localhost. This is a security precaution. You can also create the initial admin user at the command line with the add-user-keycloak.sh script. For more details see Server Installation and Configuration and Server Administration.