WGDashboard Help

Reset WGDashboard Password

If you ever forgot your password WGDashboard, you can simply do the following:

  1. ssh into your server

  2. Navigate to WGDashboard's src directory

    cd WGDashboard/src
  3. Shutdown WGDashboard

    • If you start WGDashboard with ./wgd.sh start

      ./wgd.sh stop
    • If you start WGDashboard with service file

      sudo systemctl stop wg-dashboard
  4. Backup wg-dashboard.ini

    `cp ./wg-dashboard.ini ./wg-dashboard.ini.backup`
  5. Use a text editor that you're familiar with, for example nano to edit wg-dashboard.ini

  6. To reset password, remove the line starting with password = ... under the [Account] section, and save the file.

  7. Restart WGDashboard and sign in with the default password: admin

  8. After signed in, head to Settings > WGDashboard Settings > Account Settings to update with your own password.

Last modified: 26 January 2025