Anyonehave issue with Bitnami WP installer only giving Application password feilds when it gets to the create Admin Account step?

selectorjack 2015-08-25 20:31:49 UTC #1

So I have done this on Windows several times using XAMPP on a local host on a Mac running 10.10.5. currently. Wordpresss was easy to install back then, but Bitnami seem to have to taken it upon themselves to NOT leave well enough alone and completely obfuscate the process of setting up a local host on XAMPP. I have checked all documentation and re downloaded the WP installer as well uninstall and reinstall XAMPP.
The Problem: WP installer from Bitnami stack DOES NOT prompt me for "login" "real name" or "email address". Each time I run this crappy installer it only prompts for Application password, and sometime for the MySQL password which I understand is blank by default.
What is the damn deal and how do I make this shit work right?

fer 2015-08-26 14:24:12 UTC #2

Hi @selectorjack,

We try to do Bitnami installer as easy as possible for the user so you don't need to worry about anything. When you install a module you will be just prompted for the password, enough to login into your WordPress instance with the default login user, where you will be able to change any personal information you want as your real name or email with a couple of clicks.

Would you mind checking this wiki page? Here you can find more info:

https://wiki.bitnami.com/Infrastructure_Stacks/Bitnami_for_XAMPP#What_is_the_default_username_and_password_for_the_application.3f

I am sorry about the incovenience, we will keep in mind your suggerences.

Regards,
Fernando

learnitologist 2015-08-27 18:58:23 UTC #3

Hi Fernando,

The wiki simply mentions:

"password: configured during the installation"

I'm confused by this as well. It is not clear what the default password is. For Moodle, we're prompted for "the Administrator password". Which admin password is that?

Could you please provide instructions if I just installed XAMPP on how to find/change the administrator password?

Thanks,
Aaron

Update: When revisiting the XAMPP settings, I noticed that the MySQL Server was set to "stopped". I Started the server, then was able to use the password for the administrator account for my workstation (MAC OS).

fer 2015-08-28 11:14:29 UTC #4

Hi @learnitologist

When you enter the admin password this will be for the app login, so first time you run Moodle you can login with user and that password you set. This password will be for root user too on MySQL database.

To change the admin password you can do it on the Moodle admin menu. On MySQL you can follow the next steps:

https://wiki.bitnami.com/Components/MySQL#How_to_change_the_MySQL_root_password.3f

I hope it helped,
Fernando

lesley 2017-05-25 19:21:58 UTC #5

I had the same problem and had to come here to discover that the default admin user name is "user". This really should be made much more explicitly obvious: display the username field as well as the password field during installation and let us fill them in.

jota 2017-05-26 14:24:16 UTC #6

Hi @lesley,

Have you installed any other module before installing this one? The first time you install a module on top of LAMP, it will ask you for some information like the username but the rest of the modules will use that information.

Regarding the password, all the modules will be configured to use the base password of LAMP, the one to access MySQL for example.

You can also find this information in this section in our documentation

https://docs.bitnami.com/installer/infrastructure/lamp/#how-can-i-add-applications-on-top-of-lamp

Don't hesitate to let us know if you have any other suggestions or questions.

Regards,
Jota

sts 2019-02-12 17:46:26 UTC #7

I don't find this one to find the password of WP a initial installation step.
could you help me?
"For OS X VMs, the password can be obtained by clicking the Bitnami badge at the bottom right corner of the application welcome page"

jota 2019-02-13 11:26:07 UTC #8

Hi @sts,

Could you please let us know how you installed or deploy our WordPress solution? In case you used the Bitnami Native installer in your own computer, you will need to use the same user and password you set during the installation process to access the WordPress application. That password was also used to configure the root user of the database.

Thanks

sts 2019-02-13 11:50:22 UTC #9

1 i used bitnami WP installer.
I never see id and PW during install.
2 after many tape of multiple PW, I used my macOS PS! And it was ok.

Clearly, in WP install wizard, you have to put more information of what's sort of password.
But thank you Jota for your reply my request

jota 2019-02-14 10:16:16 UTC #10

Perfect @sts,

As I mentioned, the WordPress Stack Installer asks for the user and password you want to use when installing the stack. We will take a look at the installer in case it's not clear.

Thanks

jota 2019-02-14 10:16:50 UTC #11

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