From 43cf5a961900fa38836a4d55b37ee7f1fb3a4124 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Catherine Luse Date: Wed, 1 Sep 2021 16:49:26 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] Correction to bootstrap password doc --- .../en/installation/resources/bootstrap-password/_index.md | 7 ++++++- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/content/rancher/v2.6/en/installation/resources/bootstrap-password/_index.md b/content/rancher/v2.6/en/installation/resources/bootstrap-password/_index.md index 4cd48755b10..ac6534aafdd 100644 --- a/content/rancher/v2.6/en/installation/resources/bootstrap-password/_index.md +++ b/content/rancher/v2.6/en/installation/resources/bootstrap-password/_index.md @@ -9,8 +9,13 @@ The bootstrap password is randomly generated if it is not set during installatio ### Specifying the Bootstrap Password in Helm Installs -For a Helm install, users can specify the bootstrap password variable by configuring it in the Helm chart values with `.Values.bootstrapPassword`. The password will be stored in a Kubernetes secret and the UI will show instructions for how to retrieve password on `note.txt` after Rancher is installed. +For a Helm install, users can specify the bootstrap password variable by configuring it in the Helm chart values with `.Values.bootstrapPassword`. +The password will be stored in a Kubernetes secret. After Rancher is installed, the UI will show instructions for how to retrieve the password using kubectl: + +``` +kubectl get secret --namespace cattle-system bootstrap-secret -o go-template='{{ .data.bootstrapPassword|base64decode}}{{ "\n" }}' +``` ### Specifying the Bootstrap Password in Docker Installs