Commit 84cb718e authored by Achilleas Pipinellis's avatar Achilleas Pipinellis

Merge branch 'docs/aws-ami-default-password' into 'master'

Documentation: Specify the default password in our AMI image

See merge request gitlab-org/gitlab!58467
parents 125ee937 8d868f84
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### Log in for the first time
Using the domain name you used when setting up [DNS for the load balancer](#configure-dns-for-load-balancer), you should now be able to visit GitLab in your browser. You will be asked to set up a password
for the `root` user which has admin privileges on the GitLab instance. This password will be stored in the database.
Using the domain name you used when setting up [DNS for the load balancer](#configure-dns-for-load-balancer), you should now be able to visit GitLab in your browser.
If you didn't change the password by any other means, the default password will be the same as the instance ID. To change the default password, login as the `root` user
with the default password and [change it in the user profile](../../user/profile#change-your-password).
When our [auto scaling group](#create-an-auto-scaling-group) spins up new instances, we'll be able to log in with username `root` and the newly created password.
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