# Activating admin account from console

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/activating-admin-account-from-console/79146>\
**Category:** Self-hosting\
**Created:** [January 27, 2018, 9:46am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/activating-admin-account-from-console/79146 "2018-01-27T09:46:20Z")\
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**Author:** ![JammyDodger](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/jammydodger/32/254611_2.png) [@JammyDodger](https://meta.discourse.org/u/JammyDodger)\
**Post date:** [April 18, 2023, 6:03am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/activating-admin-account-from-console/79146/7 "2023-04-18T06:03:33Z")

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The current way to create an admin via the console is to:

```plaintext
./launcher enter app
rake admin:create

```

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