# Discourse as Your First Rails App

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-as-your-first-rails-app/5751
**Category:** Blog
**Created:** [April 9, 2013, 11:08pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-as-your-first-rails-app/5751 "2013-04-09T23:08:33Z")
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### Author: ![Mittineague](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/mittineague/32/114259_2.png) [@Mittineague](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Mittineague)
#### Post date: [March 19, 2016, 9:13pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-as-your-first-rails-app/5751/127 "2016-03-19T21:13:56Z")

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Have you tried going to this URL  
`http://localhost:4000/session/eviltrout/become`

Though IMHO it’s better to create a new Admin account using the CLI

[https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-create-an-administrator-account-after-install/14046?u=mittineague](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-create-an-administrator-account-after-install/14046)

> [@Create an admin account from the console](https://meta.discourse.org/t/create-admin-account-from-console/17274):
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> bookmark This guide provides instructions for creating an admin account or granting admin privileges using the console in a self-hosted Discourse installation. person_raising_hand Required user level: System Administrator warning Console access required So you want to create/grant Admin privileges or reset user password from console? Great, let’s get started! This guide will cover the following: Accessing the console Creating a new account with admin privileges Resetting an existin…

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