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# Creating users
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Regardless of the installation method, you'll need to create some users. GoToSocial currently doesn't have a way for users to be created through the web UI, or for people to sign-up through the web UI.
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In the meantime, you can create a user using the CLI:
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```sh
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./gotosocial --config-path /path/to/config.yaml \
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admin account create \
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--username some_username \
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--email some_email@whatever.org \
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--password 'SOME_PASSWORD'
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```
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In the above command, replace `some_username` with your desired username, `some_email@whatever.org` with the email address you want to associate with your account, and `SOME_PASSWORD` with a secure password.
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If you want your user to have admin rights, you can promote them using a similar command:
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```sh
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./gotosocial --config-path /path/to/config.yaml \
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admin account promote --username some_username
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```
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Replace `some_username` with the username of the account you just created.
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!!! warning "Promotion requires server restart"
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Due to the way caching works in GoToSocial, some admin CLI commands require a server restart after running the command in order for the changes to "take".
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For example, after promoting a user to admin, you will need to restart your GoToSocial server so that the new values can be loaded from the database.
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!!! tip
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Take a look at the other available CLI commands [here](../admin/cli.md).
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## Containers
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When running GoToSocial from a container, you'll need to execute the above command in the container instead. How to do this varies based on your container runtime, but for Docker it should look like:
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```sh
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docker exec -it CONTAINER_NAME_OR_ID \
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/gotosocial/gotosocial \
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admin account create \
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--username some_username \
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--email someone@example.org \
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--password 'some_very_good_password'
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```
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If you followed our Docker guide, the container name will be `gotosocial`. Both the name and the ID can be retrieved through `docker ps`.
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