Stuck on Initializing Auth Module

[Shockshwat]

Prerequisites

• [X] I have checked the Wiki and Discussions and found no answer

• [X] I have searched other issues and found no duplicates

• [X] I want to report a bug and not ask a question or ask for help

• [X] I have set up AdGuard Home correctly and configured clients to use it. (Use the Discussions for help with installing and configuring clients.)

Platform (OS and CPU architecture)

Windows, AMD64 (aka x86_64)

Installation

GitHub releases or script from README

Setup

On one machine

AdGuard Home version

0.107.73

Action

AdGuardHome.exe

Expected result

Open a local webpage with setup

Actual result

Stuck on initializing auth module

Additional information and/or screenshots

[ainar-g]

Do you see anything on 127.0.0.1:3000? What are the messages when you launch AGH with -v?

[Shockshwat]

[tjharman]

And what happens if you click on "Get Started" ?

[Shockshwat]

@tjharman It goes through the setup, However i dont think it works since it doesnt give me a DNS address to put into the router and devices.

[ainar-g]

@Shockshwat, if you want your devices to use it, you should probably install it onto the router itself or some other machine that isn't turned off and doesn't hibernate.

As for whether it works or not, if you see the dashboard in the UI and can reach it using nslookup.exe with any domain and one of the IPs listed on the Setup guide page.

[Shockshwat]

@ainar-g how does one install it onto the router itself? I only got some files which i do not know how to install on the router, its also a generic one i believe.

[john-dewey]

I had a similar issue. I was convinced that maybe Windows Firewall Defender was restricting access to Port 3000, but I found out that the path to the AdGuardHome.exe (which was on my desktop) had OneDrive get in the way. So, I moved the folder into my User directory (C:\user\AdGuardHome). This was enough to effectively get me out of this endless "Initializing auth module" step. Try moving it out of downloads to your user directory and see if that yields any results.

[Shockshwat]

@john-dewey Thanks that fixed the issue for me, it really looks like OneDrive was causing the issues.