Resetting the Owncast Admin Password in a Docker Container

So I did a dumb mistake. I lost/misplaced/forgot/ate my Owncast server’s admin password. Note for myself (and other who might need to know this), here is how to fix that when you are using the Docker container. Pop into the docker container’s shell. sudo docker exec -it <container_id> /bin/sh Run the owncast command with the -adminpassword flag. ./owncast -adminpassword <securepw> At this point, I think Owncast tries to restart itself. You will probably get a message like this: INFO[2024-11-11T20:57:14Z] Admin password changed FATA[2024-11-11T20:57:14Z] listen tcp :1935: bind: address already in use This is fine. Do not panic Exit the shell and restart the container. You’re getting that error because the service is already running. Restarting the container will reset all the things. Go to https://yourserver/admin and log in with the new password. On May 14, 2026 Chris Miller shutdown the blog website “A Solitary Cabin” and then graciously offered to grant permission for this post be…