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Version: 10.x

Setup user authentication

Overview

Starting from version 8.0.0, users information are stored in SQLite database.

To be able to sign in into Bacula-Web, you'll need to create the first user

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The users database is stored in <install folder>/application/assets/protected/application.db

User creation

$ cd /var/www/html/bacula-web
$ sudo -u apache php bwc setupauth

Answer the questions, and if everything goes fine, you should be able to sign in

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The user password must be at least 8 characters long

Reset user password

The password can be changed very easily by using the User settings menu at the top of the page.

Simply use Password management form to reset current user password

Bacula-Web - User settings

Manage users

You can manage users from the Settings menu in the dropdown menu.

Bacula-Web - Settings Menu

To add more users, simply use the Add user form at the bottom of the page (password must be at least 8 characters long).

Bacula-Web - Users

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User's email address is not used for the moment, but it will in a future version