Ente Community•4mo ago

Can't create first user

Just wanted to try out the new Quickstart guide using an Ubuntu 24.04 LTS: I followed: 1. https://help.ente.io/self-hosting/installation/requirements 2. https://help.ente.io/self-hosting/installation/quickstart 3. https://help.ente.io/self-hosting/installation/post-install/#post-installation-steps Using Mozilla or Chrome to connect to http://server-ip:3000 Trying to register new account, but get error "Something went wrong"(Screenshot). Any ideas what did go wrong? In the logs via "sudo docker compose logs" I can see the Database going down again, as far as I can tell. (see log-file)

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Ducky•4mo ago

To create the first user, access the Ente Photos web app at http://localhost:3000 and select Don't have an account? to create a new user. Follow the prompts to sign up. Enter the verification code to complete registration. This code can be found in the server logs by running sudo docker compose logs in the cluster folder where the Compose file resides. See more at https://help.ente.io/self-hosting/installation/post-install#step-1-creating-first-user and https://help.ente.io/self-hosting/administration/users#handle-user-verification-codes. -# If your issue is resolved, please use the /solved command to close this thread. If you'd like to ask me another question use /docsearch

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Ducky•4mo ago

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Neeraj•4mo ago

can you check your browser console logs/network tab once?

O'NeillOP•4mo ago

I actually get a CORS error (Screenshot) probably due to me being on another machine in the network. I needed to update the compose.yaml. There is a line within the web-apps:

    
    environment:
      ENTE_API_ORIGIN: http://localhost:8080

    
    environment:
      ENTE_API_ORIGIN: http://localhost:8080

I changed it to ENTE_API_ORIGIN: http://MYSERVERIP:8080 Now it works. Additional changes to compose.yaml:

#Changed 
    volumes:
      - postgres-data:/var/lib/postgresql/data
#to 
    volumes:
      - ./postgres-data:/var/lib/postgresql/data

# And changed
    volumes:
      - minio-data:/data
#to
    volumes:
      - ./minio-data:/data

Otherwise the postgreSQL would sent an auth error and the buckets couldn't be created in minIO. 

Additional changes to museum.yaml because I couldn't upload media: 

#Changed each of those lines 
         # endpoint: localhost:3200
#to
         # endpoint: MYSERVERIP:3200

#Changed 
    volumes:
      - postgres-data:/var/lib/postgresql/data
#to 
    volumes:
      - ./postgres-data:/var/lib/postgresql/data

# And changed
    volumes:
      - minio-data:/data
#to
    volumes:
      - ./minio-data:/data

Otherwise the postgreSQL would sent an auth error and the buckets couldn't be created in minIO. 

Additional changes to museum.yaml because I couldn't upload media: 

#Changed each of those lines 
         # endpoint: localhost:3200
#to
         # endpoint: MYSERVERIP:3200

Ducky•4mo ago

Thread marked as solved. It will be closed in <t:1754576812:R>. This thread is now closed.

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