From fcd25026bd1fd42a0a8a3b55e0943b73e5f78234 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: AndreasKirchmair <142602365+AndreasKirchmair@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Fri, 20 Mar 2026 13:47:06 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Changed example command for token creation to use length 32 instead of 48 because 48 is too long for Vaultwarden --- Enabling-admin-page.md | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/Enabling-admin-page.md b/Enabling-admin-page.md index 88c35a7..efcaf6c 100644 --- a/Enabling-admin-page.md +++ b/Enabling-admin-page.md @@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ The Vaultwarden Admin panel allows a server administrator to configure Vaultward ## How to enable the Admin page -To enable the admin page you need to configure an authentication token. This token can be anything but it's recommended to use a long, randomly generated string of characters. For example by running `openssl rand -base64 48`. +To enable the admin page you need to configure an authentication token. This token can be anything but it's recommended to use a long, randomly generated string of characters. For example by running `openssl rand -base64 32`. **Keep this token a secret. If you configure this as the `ADMIN_TOKEN` this will be used as the password to access the admin area of your server!** Since the configuration is generally stored in plain text, it is recommended to [secure the admin token](https://github.com/dani-garcia/vaultwarden/wiki/Enabling-admin-page#secure-the-admin_token).