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The first time you open ipmideck at http://<your-ip>:3000, it shows a four-step setup wizard instead of the dashboard. You can change the language from the selector in the top-right corner at any step.
1

Welcome

A short intro screen. Click Get started to begin.
2

Choose a login mode

Pick how the dashboard is protected:
  • Require login (the secure default): create an admin account now. Enter a username, a password, and the password again to confirm. ipmideck stores the password as a bcrypt hash, never in plain text.
  • Open access: no login at all. Anyone who can reach the dashboard can control your hardware, so only pick this on a trusted, isolated network.
You can change this later, and you can reset the password from the command line with ipmideck reset-password.
3

Add your first server

Enter the connection details for a BMC:Click Test connection to check the credentials before saving (ipmideck runs a power-status query over lanplus), then Add server.
IPMI-over-LAN has to be enabled on the BMC first, or the connection test fails. See Enable IPMI on your server for per-vendor steps.
4

Done

The wizard confirms the server was added. Click Go to dashboard to start monitoring.

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Adding more servers

You are not limited to one BMC. From the dashboard you can add more servers later, and ipmideck manages all of them from a single instance. See Supported Hardware for which vendors are tested.

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Next steps