Cannot get this work on WSL

Posted by ljr69

Everything seemed to install okay. I got the token but going to the http://localhost:8443 initially reports unreachable, but refreshing then takes me straight to the login asking for the password (what password? I've even tried resetting it using the password-reset, but it doesn't accept the changed password). I didn't have to put in the token key at all and now I'm just stuck at the login with no passwords working. Spec Windows 11 Already had WSL 2 installed so I fired that up and so the linux curl command install.

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Chris wrote:

Hi ljr69 — let's work through the login step by step. First, the "what password?" part: there's no default password. On a fresh SparkBox, your password is whatever you set during the guided setup when the dashboard first came online. If you skipped that setup or it didn't complete, we can reset it. Let me confirm the actual state right now: 1. Is your dashboard container running? In WSL, run: sudo sparkbox logs dashboard | tail -3 2. Is it listening on 8443? Run: sudo docker port sb-dashboard 8443 | grep -v "cannot" Paste back those two results (the three tail lines and whether 8443 is bound). The initial "unreachable" that fixed after a refresh suggests either the container was still starting up, or the loopback bind wasn't ready yet. Once we confirm it's running and listening, we'll get you to the login prompt and sort the password from there.

ljr69 wrote:

0.0.0.0:8443 and tail -3 shows an empty log

Chris wrote:

Thanks for those results. An empty dashboard log means the container never started or crashed immediately. Let's check if it's even trying to run: sudo docker ps -a | grep sb-dashboard Paste back that full line (or "no match" if nothing shows). That'll tell us whether the container exists and what state it's in.