[Only applies to VT Docs 5.0+]

Creating a System Admin User

To create a system admin user using the vt-create-system-admin.sh, open a SSH or CMD session to your VT Docs server. Navigate to the VisibleThreadTools directory.

# Ubuntu
cd /home/visiblethread/VisibleThreadTools

# Red Hat
cd /opt/visiblethread/VisibleThreadTools

# Windows
cd C:\Program Files\VisibleThread\vtdocs\VisibleThreadTools

From this directory you can run the script using the syntax below as an example:

# Ubuntu
./vt-create-system-admin.sh <username> <password>

# Red Hat
./vt-create-system-admin.sh <username> <password>

# Windows
.\vt-create-system-admin.bat <username> <password>

After running the script it will out put username and password of the account you just created and the password hash.

You should try to log into the application with these credentials to verify it's creation.

Updating an existing user to System Admin 

To update a user to System Admin using the vt-update-system-admin.sh, open a SSH or CMD session to your VT Docs server. Navigate to the VisibleThreadTools directory.

# Ubuntu
cd /home/visiblethread/VisibleThreadTools

# Red Hat
cd /opt/visiblethread/VisibleThreadTools

# Windows
cd C:\Program Files\VisibleThread\vtdocs\VisibleThreadTools

From this directory you can run the script using the syntax below as an example:

# Ubuntu
./vt-update-system-admin.sh <username> <password>

# Red Hat
./vt-update-system-admin.sh <username> <password>

# Windows
.\vt-update-system-admin.bat <username> <password>

After running the script it will out put username and password of the account you just updated and the password hash.

You should try to log into the application with these credentials to verify it's been updated.

If you have any questions or issues let us know at support@visiblethread.com