Hi #fleet, I'm trying to setup FleetDM using Ansible and Docker (Compose). So far it's working well and I get a running FleetDM instance, but I'm having problems with the initial configuration. After the initial setup is completed and all containers are running, FleetDM will redirect to

/setup

to create a new user. I would like to automate that step and dug into the REST API documentation, but the

/api/v1/fleet/users/admin

endpoint will only let me create/modify users after I authenticate. Which I can't, because I don't have that initial user yet. This feels like a chicken and egg problem. Is there some way around that?

Hi @Jörg Sachse! You can also use

fleetctl

to do the initial setup, which could be automated with a simple script.

Hi @Kathy Satterlee, thank you for pointing me to that part of the documentation. I have been playing around with

fleetctl

quite a bit, but I didn't notice that it can be used for the initial setup as well. That completely solves the issue! 👍ty