Logto Admin Creator

A script to help provision Logto by automatically creating an admin account and configuring initial settings. This is typically used when setting up a new Logto instance to streamline the initial administration setup process.

Prerequisites

• Bun installed
• Logto server running on localhost:3002

Getting APP_SECRET

Using Docker Compose

docker compose exec -it postgres bash -c 'PGPASSWORD=$POSTGRES_PASSWORD psql -A -t -U postgres -d logto -c "select secret from applications where id = \'m-admin\';"'

Direct PostgreSQL Access

psql -U postgres -d logto -c "select secret from applications where id = 'm-admin';"

Usage

Command Line Arguments

./logto-create-admin --baseUrl=http://localhost:3002 --appSecret=your_secret --username=admin --password=password123

All arguments except baseUrl are required. They must be specified either via command line arguments or environment variables.

Environment Variables

You can also use environment variables:

export BASE_URL=http://localhost:3002
export APP_SECRET=your_secret
export LOGTO_ADMIN_USERNAME=admin
export LOGTO_ADMIN_PASSWORD=password123
./logto-create-admin

Default Values

• baseUrl: "http://localhost:3002"

Required Parameters

The following parameters must be specified either via command line arguments or environment variables:

• appSecret
• username
• password

Priority

1. Command line arguments
2. Environment variables
3. Default values

Process

This script automatically performs the following operations:

1. Get access token
2. Create admin user
3. Add user to default organization (t-default)
4. Assign admin role in organization
5. Assign user roles
6. Change sign-in mode to SignIn

Error Handling

• Displays error message and exits if required parameters are missing
• Displays error message and exits if any API request fails