Database username and password

[ODSG]

hello.
i just installed xibo cms on Ubuntu and im wondering how can i access the database?
i dont know the username and password and i haven’t given any during installation.

[alex]

If you installed on Docker, then the database runs in a container which is accessible only to the container running the CMS. If you have MySQL installed on your host machine, then by default the database won’t be in that MySQL instance. It’ll be in the one the CMS brings with it.

The database name will be “cms”, and the database username will be “cms” too, and the password will be the one you specified in config.env file.

You can connect to the database by following the instructions in the FAQ:

How can I run a SQL command when using a Docker Install?

While troubleshooting an issue you maybe asked to run a SQL statement on your database Docker container, or you may want to run a statement yourself for another purpose. To do either of these things there are two options. Using the command line Using the GUI called PhpMyAdmin Command Line Before you can run a statement inside the docker container you will need to find the container name. This can be done using the docker ps command. The resulting output will show a list of running docker con…

Keep in mind however that all interactions with the CMS should be either via the API, or via the web interface. We can’t offer you support if you’re making direct modifications to the database itself I’m afraid.

[ODSG]

Thanks for the response