Let’s start first what is CasaOS. As they define it, it is a community-based open-source software focused on delivering simple personal cloud experience around Docker ecosystem. It is very easy to install or deploy on your unused old machine and you can have your own server.
Installation is simple, basically if you run Linux distribution such as Debian, Ubuntu .. simple open terminal app and paste this line: curl -fsSL https://get.casaos.io | sudo bash
It will do the rest for you and install beautiful personals server where you can run bunch of different applications.
Here are steps how to gain access back to your CasaOS dashboard if you have forgotten or lost your password.
- ssh or login to you host computer
- open terminal app
- use this command to reset your password
1 | sudo bash -c "$(wget -qLO - https://raw.githubusercontent.com/bigbeartechworld/big-bear-scripts/master/reset-password-for-casaos/run.sh)" |
You need to run in as a sudo user, it will download a script and ask you if you want really to change/update your CasaOS user. It takes maybe 2 seconds. Once completed you can go back to your login UI page for your CasaOS, enter username and you can now enter new password.
Once you click on CREATE, your new password will be updated, and you can now login with new password to your CasaOS dashboard an continue with your work.