How do I specify an admin password in .CFConfig.json

[Redtopia]

I’m using a docker image (6.2.2.91-nginx) to create a lucee server. I’ve got a pre-defined .CFConfig.json file that is used to configure the Lucee instance, which is copied to the deploy location when the container is built. This all works fine.

I would like to specify a password in .CFConfig.json, or remove the existing password from the file so that Lucee prompts the user to enter a password. How would I do this?

[dmurphy]

To set a plain text password, use the key pw. To set an encrypted password, use hspw. We have the key in our .CFConfig.json file, but pull from an env variable:

"pw": "{env:LUCEE_ADMIN_PASSWORD}"

Deploying Lucee :: Lucee Documentation

This thread might be helpful, too.

Setting an unencrypted admin password via CFConfig

I’m not sure if I should comment here or the ticket because it is tangentially related. What about the LUCEE_ADMIN_PASSWORD env variable? Having LUCEE_ADMIN_PASSWORD set in an .env file doesn’t get picked up (just tried it), presumably because of the same reason the LUCEE_INSPECT_TEMPLATE doesn’t - hierarchy. I don’t want the password saved in plain text anywhere, obviously, so where is the best place to have the password set? It looks like the .CFConfig.json sets a hspw which is a hashed passw…

[Redtopia]

Great thanks! So it will pick up the PW automatically from your environment variables?

[dmurphy]

Yep, it works great for us.