Reset admin account without e-mail?

[Stitch10925]

I recently set up Checkmate to play around with it. I now seem to have forgotten my password and I cannot login anymore. Resetting does not help since I don't have any mail server to use.

Is there a way to reset the password, maybe from within docker, so I can log in again?

[gorkem-bwl]

Here's the hashing code you'd need to use to produce an identical hash:

    const salt = bcrypt.genSaltSync(10);
    this.password = bcrypt.hashSync(this.password, salt);

This is a user document in MongoDB:

{
  "_id": {
    "$oid": "68a5fba60929a08af2c0ca56"
  },
  "firstName": "Alex",
  "lastName": "Holliday",
  "email": "[email protected]",
  "password": "$2b$10$h/dhY.6LlP/k7SRu5Q/p.eePsLcfuAVnxU./ihoUS4MblPCVc3cMy",
  "isActive": true,
  "isVerified": false,
  "role": [
    "superadmin"
  ],
  "teamId": {
    "$oid": "68a5fba60929a08af2c0ca54"
  },
  "checkTTL": 2592000,
  "createdAt": {
    "$date": "2025-08-20T16:45:26.227Z"
  },
  "updatedAt": {
    "$date": "2025-08-22T21:20:09.389Z"
  },
  "__v": 0
}

So you need to do the following:

1. Genearte a hash using above code
2. Replace the hash in the "password" field of the User document

Then you should be able to login with the password you generated the hash from.

[ajhollid]

If you need help generating a hash let me know and I can generate one for you 👌

[Stitch10925]

Where / how do I execute this?

const salt = bcrypt.genSaltSync(10);
this.password = bcrypt.hashSync(this.password, salt);

[Stitch10925]

I figured it out. For reference:

Create Hash

1. Go to this site: https://dotnetfiddle.net/mprGcV
2. Update the Fiddle code to this:

using System;

public class Program
{
	public static void Main()
	{
		Console.WriteLine("Password:");
		var pw = Console.ReadLine();
		var salt = BCrypt.Net.BCrypt.GenerateSalt(10);
		var passwordHashed =  BCrypt.Net.BCrypt.HashPassword(pw, salt);
		Console.WriteLine();
		Console.WriteLine("Hash: " + passwordHashed);
	}
}

3. Click the "Run" button at the top
4. In the small window below now type the password you wish to hash, then press ENTER

NOTE: Make sure your new password follows the password rules to prevent future issues (upper case, number, special character)

The tool will now generate a hash for your password.

Update the database user

1. Connect to the docker container running the mongodb

docker exec -it <container id> sh // You can obtain the container id using 'docker ps'

2. Connect to the mongodb

mongosh

3. Switch to the uptime_db

use uptime_db

4. List the existing users to obtain the '_id' of the entry to update

db.users.find()

6. Update the password for the correct user

db.users.updateOne({ _id: ObjectId('<ID OF THE USER TO UPDATE>') }, { $set: { password: '<GENERATED HASH>' } })

You should now get a result similar to:

{
  acknowledged: true,
  insertedId: null,
  matchedCount: 1,
  modifiedCount: 1,
  upsertedCount: 0
}

Now try to log in again

[gorkem-bwl]

Great, glad it worked out!