I am trying to setup Discourse with one-click installer using droplet over Digital Ocean. I followed all the instructions and have correctly configured the SMTP details. But when I register for the admin account using the front-end installer, I am not able to receive the email. I read a tutorial wh…

When the colon appears, press q to get back to a prompt, and type the next command.

If you’re not receiving mail, then mail is not correctly configured. You seem to have solved your account creation problem, but the recommended way to create an admin account and password is . /launcher enter app rails c rake admin:create That will allow you to create an account change an acc…

This worked great! Note that the rails c is not necessary for running the rake commands. [image] pfaffman: . /launcher enter app rake admin:create

I cannot activate the admin account according your post in the latest version. Error occured at the last command: [image]

The current way to create an admin via the console is to: ./launcher enter app rake admin:create

I just found solution here: Discourse Admin Quick Start Guide

Activating admin account from console

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deltamotion (Geoff Richards) March 26, 2019, 7:20pm 5

This worked great! Note that the rails c is not necessary for running the rake commands.

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