The dashboard asks for a setup code
A server with no account needs the setup code to create the account. ferryd status prints the link.
What you see
The dashboard opens on Create your account, with an empty Setup code field. Or it refuses the code:
This is not the setup code of this server.Why it occurs
The server has no account. To create the account, you need the setup code. Thus only a person who can read the terminal or the data directory of the server can create it.
The link that ferryd prints fills in the code. You opened the dashboard without that link, or with the link of another server.
How to repair it
Get the link
On the server, run ferryd status with the same --data-dir as the server.
ferryd statusWhile the server has no account, the output ends with the link:
Create your account: http://127.0.0.1:7878/setup?code=5b0e…Use the link
Open the link. As an alternative, copy its code into the field.
The code is also in the file <data-dir>/setup_code. See Installation.