Portainer default password & login

Container management UI. The admin account is created via the web wizard within 5 minutes of first launch — initial password must be at least 12 chars.

Use these credentials for the very first login to Portainer only. The full vendor documentation linked below explains how to rotate them and harden the install.

Default username
admin
Default password
Set during install / first-run wizard
Default port
9000(PHP-FPM / Portainer)
Default admin URL
http://localhost:9000

Notes & recovery

Reset with: docker run --rm -v portainer_data:/data portainer/helper-reset-password

Official documentation →

Change the default immediately

Anyone with internet access can try the published default on Portainer. Set a strong, unique password the moment you finish first-time setup, ideally before exposing the service to your LAN.

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