How to reset your Portainer admin password

EDITOR'S NOTE: This content was originally published June 2023 on TechRepublic. This information may be outdated depending on time of viewing.

Commands:

docker ps.
docker stop ID
docker pull portainer/helper-reset-password
docker run --rm -v portainer_data:/data portainer/helper-reset-password
docker start ID

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[AlihannKuru]

Unable to locate /data/portainer.db on disk giving this error

[rollerine]

HI. For asustor user the correct final string is:
docker run --rm -v volume1 indicates the volume where docker is installed

[VincentDryade]

worked perfectly, fast and easy, thank u

[toirtr]

not working for me. Can not reset and cannot add new admin-temp-user/ 2024/09/29 05:49:01 [WARN] Unable to retrieve user with ID 1, will try to create, err: object not found inside the database (bucket=users, key=1) panic: runtime error: invalid memory address or nil pointer dereference

[rollerine]

thank you so much you really helped me

[fmj_]

One thing you might want to add is to log in in as SU.

[MatheusMontenegro]

I would like to know why my portainer always reset and not stop. Can you give me some suggestion?

[DonizeteQueiroz]

meu nao parava porque uso swarp resolvi assim
docker stack rm portainer
docker ps
docker pull
docker run --rm -v portainer_data:/data
docker ps
docker stack deploy -c portainer.yml portainer