---
title: Signing on to the administrative console
description: After deploying or installing the server, access the administrative console to verify the server configuration and manage the server settings.
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revdate: December 19, 2025
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section_ids:
  signing-on-to-the-administrative-console-docker-deployment: Signing on to the administrative console (Docker deployment)
  steps: Steps
  signing-on-to-the-administrative-console-manual-installation: Signing on to the administrative console (manual installation)
  steps-2: Steps
---

# Signing on to the administrative console

After deploying or installing the server, access the administrative console to verify the server configuration and manage the server settings.

* Docker deployment

* Manual installation

## Signing on to the administrative console (Docker deployment)

When using Docker containers, the containers must be on the same Docker network to communicate properly.

### Steps

1. Start the PingDataConsole.

   The following command uses the `~/.pingidentity/config` environment file to configure common environment variables. Learn more in [Get Started](https://devops.pingidentity.com/get-started/introduction/).

   ```shell
   docker run \
      --env-file ~/.pingidentity/config \
      --name pingdataconsole \
      --detach \
      --publish 5443:8443 \
      --tmpfs /run/secrets \
      pingidentity/pingdataconsole:<TAG>
   ```

   The Docker image *\<TAG>* used in the example is only a placeholder. For actual tag values, see Docker Hub (<https://hub.docker.com/r/pingidentity/pingdataconsole>).

2. Sign on using the information in the following table.

   | Description               | Details                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |
   | ------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
   | URL                       | `https://localhost:${HTTPS_PORT}/console/login`                                                                                                                                                                           |
   | Details to enter at login | Server: pingauthorize:1636Username: administratorPassword: 2FederateM0re&#xA;&#xA;If submitting the form results in a "Server unavailable" error, wait longer for the containers to reach an equilibrium "healthy" state. |

## Signing on to the administrative console (manual installation)

### Steps

1. To access the administrative console, go to `https://<host>:<port>/console/login`.

   The default port is 8443.

2. To sign on to the administrative console, use the initial root user distinguished name (DN) *(tooltip: \<div class="paragraph">
   \<p>A name uniquely identifying an object within the hierarchy of a directory tree.\</p>
   \</div>)* and root user password specified during setup.

   The default DN is `cn=Directory Manager`.