Managing Your Admin Account

As the primary administrator, you may need to change the email address associated with your admin account. For security reasons, this is not an operation that can be performed from within the dashboard itself. Instead, it is handled by a secure, server-level configuration change.

This process ensures that only an individual with access to the server’s deployment environment can make this critical change.

How to Change the Administrator Email

To set or change the administrator email, you must modify the environment variables in your API server’s hosting environment.

1. Set the OVERRIDE_ADMIN_EMAIL Variable

   In your hosting provider’s configuration panel (or in your local .env file), set the OVERRIDE_ADMIN_EMAIL variable to the email address you want to use for the administrator account.

   OVERRIDE_ADMIN_EMAIL="new-admin@example.com"

2. Restart the API Server

   After setting the variable, restart your API server. The system will automatically update the administrator account on startup.

Note

This process uses environment variables. For a detailed explanation of what these variables are and how OVERRIDE_ADMIN_EMAIL works, please see the API Server: Configure Environment Variables guide.