DefectDojo Cookbook: Set Admin Password Before Installation

One important thing before the first DefectDojo run is to configure future admin password.

So, assume we cloned DefectDojo repository and switched to the dev branch:

$ git clone https://github.com/DefectDojo/django-DefectDojo.git
$ git checkout dev
$ cd django-DefectDojo/

Open docker-compose.yml for editing:

$ nano docker-compose.yml

Find the line DD_ADMIN_USER: ${DD_ADMIN_USER:-admin}:

...
  initializer:
    image: defectdojo/defectdojo-django:latest
    depends_on:
      - mysql
    entrypoint: ['/wait-for-it.sh', 'mysql:3306', '--', '/entrypoint-initializer.sh']
    environment:
      DD_DATABASE_URL: ${DD_DATABASE_URL:-mysql://defectdojo:defectdojo@mysql:3306/defectdojo}
      DD_ADMIN_USER: ${DD_ADMIN_USER:-admin}
...

Add this line DD_ADMIN_PASSWORD: admin after it:

...
  initializer:
    image: defectdojo/defectdojo-django:latest
    depends_on:
      - mysql
    entrypoint: ['/wait-for-it.sh', 'mysql:3306', '--', '/entrypoint-initializer.sh']
    environment:
      DD_DATABASE_URL: ${DD_DATABASE_URL:-mysql://defectdojo:defectdojo@mysql:3306/defectdojo}
      DD_ADMIN_USER: ${DD_ADMIN_USER:-admin}
      DD_ADMIN_PASSWORD: admin
...

Close file docker-compose.yml, build and run your first DefectDojo instance according installation instructions:

$ sudo docker-compose build
$ sudo docker-compose up

When run will complete navigate to https://YOUR_DEFECTDOJO_INSTANCE:8000/ and try to login with admin login and with password that you set.

Good luck!