Docker: ADMIN_PASSWORD is not passing

[Langoor2]

Describe the bug Setup a clean etherpad with mariadb database, as according to the instructions on the Wiki. If i set "ADMIN_PASSWORD" to any value, this value is not passed/parsed correctly, in the config i can see that it is still set to the default admin password.

To Reproduce Steps to reproduce the behavior:

1. set "ADMIN_PASSWORD" with docker
2. login to the /admin/ ui
3. the default admin/admin credentials are always accepted
4. in the currently running settings you can see that it is using admin/admin

Expected behavior It uses the admin password I configured

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Server (please complete the following information):

• Etherpad version: 2.2.6
• OS: Ubuntu 22.04
• Node.js version (node --version): came with docker image
• npm version (npm --version): pnpm --version: 9.0.4
• Is the server free of plugins: Yes

Additional context docker compose:

services:
  app:
    user: "0:0"
    image: etherpad/etherpad:latest
    tty: true
    stdin_open: true
    volumes:
      - plugins:/opt/etherpad-lite/src/plugin_packages
      - etherpad-var:/opt/etherpad-lite/var
    environment:
      NODE_ENV: production
      ADMIN_PASSWORD: xXx1234aBcDe
      DB_HOST: ${DOCKER_GATEWAY_HOST:-host.docker.internal}
      DB_NAME: etherpad_db
      DB_PASS: xxxxxx
      DB_PORT: 3306
      DB_TYPE: mysql
      DB_USER: etherpaduser
      DB_CHARSET: utf8mb4
      # For now, the env var DEFAULT_PAD_TEXT cannot be unset or empty; it seems to be mandatory in the latest version of etherpad
      DEFAULT_PAD_TEXT: ${DOCKER_COMPOSE_APP_DEFAULT_PAD_TEXT:- }
      DISABLE_IP_LOGGING: ${DOCKER_COMPOSE_APP_DISABLE_IP_LOGGING:-false}
      SOFFICE: ${DOCKER_COMPOSE_APP_SOFFICE:-null}
      TRUST_PROXY: ${DOCKER_COMPOSE_APP_TRUST_PROXY:-true}
    restart: always
    ports:
      - "${DOCKER_COMPOSE_APP_PORT_PUBLISHED:-9001}:${DOCKER_COMPOSE_APP_PORT_TARGET:-9001}"

volumes:
  plugins:
  etherpad-var:

[grobitec]

Hello. Many thanks for the maintenance and development of etherpad.

Unfortunately I encountered a similar problem: my setup:

• portainer
• stack from github
• set two environment variables:
  • DOCKER_COMPOSE_APP_PORT_PUBLISHED and
  • DOCKER_COMPOSE_APP_ADMIN_PASSWORD

That means I use exactly the standard docker-compose.yml file from the etherpad-lite repository. The only thing I changed is the port and the password

If I deploy the stack like this, all ehtherpad functions work and the port is also mapped correctly.

Only logging in as admin doesn't work.

If I connect to the container interactively and display the environment variables, the value I set is under ADMIN_PASSWORD. But login fails with username: admin and password: hello1233456 And login also fails with username: admin and password: admin.

What could that be about?

Thanks for the help.

Frontend: Portainer: Container:

[MayorFaj]

make use of USER_PASSWORD instead of ADMIN_PASSWORD, if you need a custom password

[SamTV12345]

Hello. Many thanks for the maintenance and development of etherpad.

Unfortunately I encountered a similar problem: my setup:

• portainer

• stack from github

• set two environment variables:

  • DOCKER_COMPOSE_APP_PORT_PUBLISHED and
  • DOCKER_COMPOSE_APP_ADMIN_PASSWORD

That means I use exactly the standard docker-compose.yml file from the etherpad-lite repository. The only thing I changed is the port and the password

If I deploy the stack like this, all ehtherpad functions work and the port is also mapped correctly.

Only logging in as admin doesn't work.

If I connect to the container interactively and display the environment variables, the value I set is under ADMIN_PASSWORD. But login fails with username: admin and password: hello1233456 And login also fails with username: admin and password: admin.

What could that be about?

Thanks for the help.

Frontend: Portainer: Container:

Which error do you get? Maybe it is changed port?