# Newly installed Discourse instance in local VM, no admin menu
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/newly-installed-discourse-instance-in-local-vm-no-admin-menu/21632
**Category:** Self-hosting
**Created:** [29.Октябрь.2014 15:47:19 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/newly-installed-discourse-instance-in-local-vm-no-admin-menu/21632 "2014-10-29T15:47:19Z")
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### Author:  [@core\_dump](https://meta.discourse.org/u/core_dump)
#### Post date: [29.Октябрь.2014 15:47:20 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/newly-installed-discourse-instance-in-local-vm-no-admin-menu/21632/1 "2014-10-29T15:47:20Z")
Hi,
It may seem obvious to some, but I can’t see admin option under ‘hamburger’ button. I tried hitting hostname/admin in browser but it shows as The page you requested doesn’t exist or is private.
Just to confirm, I installed it on Debian 7 using info from here:
> **[Packager.io - Packaging made simple](https://packager.io/gh/pkgr/discourse)**
>
> Packaging and distributing modern web applications is a pain. Packager automatically builds debian or rpm packages from your git repository.
Other than that, it works along with the postfix part, but I can’t get around app admin issue.
Thanks!
Rad
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### Author:  [@Mittineague](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Mittineague)
#### Post date: [29.Октябрь.2014 16:22:46 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/newly-installed-discourse-instance-in-local-vm-no-admin-menu/21632/2 "2014-10-29T16:22:46Z")
Did you log in as a Moderator or Admin?
i.e. on my localhost I need to log in as “eviltrout” to see the Admin pages.
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### Author:  [@core\_dump](https://meta.discourse.org/u/core_dump)
#### Post date: [29.Октябрь.2014 16:29:56 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/newly-installed-discourse-instance-in-local-vm-no-admin-menu/21632/3 "2014-10-29T16:29:56Z")
Just as a regular user, I have no clue how to login as admin since I have no options on login page. I am new to Discourse, I need to evaluate if for one of our groups at work. As per readme, I should be able to log on to admin console just by adding /admin at the end of base URL, for example mydiscourse [server.com/admin](http://server.com/admin)
But it does not work for me. I will fire up another VM to use docker installation as listed elsewhere (can’t have 2 links in this post 😉
Thanks,
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### Author:  [@Mittineague](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Mittineague)
#### Post date: [29.Октябрь.2014 16:40:46 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/newly-installed-discourse-instance-in-local-vm-no-admin-menu/21632/4 "2014-10-29T16:40:46Z")
> [@core\_dump](#):
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> I have no options on login page
??? No inputs for member name and password?
Try “eviltrout” and “password”
I couldn’t find where I originally saw it but
> eviltrout an admin
> jatwood regular user
> password: password.
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### Author:  [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)
#### Post date: [29.Октябрь.2014 16:41:15 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/newly-installed-discourse-instance-in-local-vm-no-admin-menu/21632/5 "2014-10-29T16:41:15Z")
If you search around there are command lines for converting your account to admin, if you are doing a development setup. Our standard Docker install guide links directly to the howto for it.
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### Author:  [@core\_dump](https://meta.discourse.org/u/core_dump)
#### Post date: [29.Октябрь.2014 17:03:58 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/newly-installed-discourse-instance-in-local-vm-no-admin-menu/21632/6 "2014-10-29T17:03:58Z")
thanks Jeff,
I found it but the info is related to Docker installation. Is there a way to do it on a instance without the Docker? /var/discourse does not exist in my installation.
I do have discourse files at /opt/discourse/
Here is my login page:
As you can see, no Admin option. Is it related to the face that there was no admin account enabled yet? The reason I don’t want to use docker for the evaluation are internal security policies, so I have to do it the hard way ;(
thx. again.
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### Author:  [@core\_dump](https://meta.discourse.org/u/core_dump)
#### Post date: [29.Октябрь.2014 18:54:49 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/newly-installed-discourse-instance-in-local-vm-no-admin-menu/21632/7 "2014-10-29T18:54:49Z")
UPDATE: Works OK in Docker, but I was wondering is there a way to make it work as a standalone app?
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### Author:  [@sam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sam)
#### Post date: [29.Октябрь.2014 20:56:40 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/newly-installed-discourse-instance-in-local-vm-no-admin-menu/21632/8 "2014-10-29T20:56:40Z")
Docker is the only installation method which is supported, packgr was contributed by the community and is no longer maintained.