Logging in the first time and changing the root password

When the server is installed, you will be able to log in via the web interface using the following credentials: Once logged in, you should as a minimum set up user authentication and data locations before you can start using the server.

For security reasons, you should change the root password (see figure 4.1):

        Admin (Image preferences) | Authentication (Image userauthentication) Change root password

Note that if you are going to use job nodes, it makes sense to set these up before changing the authentication mechanism and root password (see Job Distribution).

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Figure 4.1: We recommend changing the root password. The verification of the root password is shown with the green checkmark.