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class="anchor anchorWithStickyNavbar_LWe7" id="password-requirements">Password Requirements<a href="#password-requirements" class="hash-link" aria-label="Direct link to Password Requirements" title="Direct link to Password Requirements">​</a></h2><p>The bootstrap password can be any length.</p><p>When you reset the first admin account&#x27;s password after first login, the new password must be at least 12 characters long.</p><p>You can <a href="/how-to-guides/new-user-guides/authentication-permissions-and-global-configuration/authentication-config/manage-users-and-groups#minimum-password-length">customize the minimum password length</a> for user accounts, within limitations.</p><p>Minimum password length can be any positive integer value between 2 and 256. Decimal values and leading zeroes are not allowed.</p><h2 class="anchor anchorWithStickyNavbar_LWe7" id="specifying-the-bootstrap-password">Specifying the Bootstrap Password<a href="#specifying-the-bootstrap-password" class="hash-link" aria-label="Direct link to Specifying the Bootstrap Password" title="Direct link to Specifying the Bootstrap Password">​</a></h2><div class="tabs-container tabList__CuJ"><ul role="tablist" aria-orientation="horizontal" class="tabs"><li role="tab" tabindex="0" aria-selected="true" class="tabs__item tabItem_LNqP tabs__item--active">Helm</li><li role="tab" tabindex="-1" aria-selected="false" class="tabs__item tabItem_LNqP">Docker</li></ul><div class="margin-top--md"><div role="tabpanel" class="tabItem_Ymn6"><p>During <a href="/getting-started/installation-and-upgrade/install-upgrade-on-a-kubernetes-cluster">Rancher installation</a>, set <code>bootstrapPassword</code> alongside any other flags for the Rancher Helm chart. For example:</p><div class="language-bash codeBlockContainer_Ckt0 theme-code-block" style="--prism-color:#bfc7d5;--prism-background-color:#292d3e"><div class="codeBlockContent_biex"><pre tabindex="0" class="prism-code language-bash codeBlock_bY9V thin-scrollbar"><code class="codeBlockLines_e6Vv"><span class="token-line" style="color:#bfc7d5"><span class="token plain">helm </span><span class="token function" style="color:rgb(130, 170, 255)">install</span><span class="token plain"> rancher rancher-</span><span class="token operator" style="color:rgb(137, 221, 255)">&lt;</span><span class="token plain">chart-repo</span><span class="token operator" style="color:rgb(137, 221, 255)">&gt;</span><span class="token plain">/rancher </span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:rgb(199, 146, 234)">\</span><span class="token plain"></span><br></span><span class="token-line" style="color:#bfc7d5"><span class="token plain"> --set </span><span class="token assign-left variable" style="color:rgb(191, 199, 213)">bootstrapPassword</span><span class="token operator" style="color:rgb(137, 221, 255)">=</span><span class="token operator" style="color:rgb(137, 221, 255)">&lt;</span><span class="token plain">password</span><span class="token operator" style="color:rgb(137, 221, 255)">&gt;</span><br></span></code></pre><div class="buttonGroup__atx"><button type="button" aria-label="Copy code to clipboard" title="Copy" class="clean-btn"><span class="copyButtonIcons_eSgA" aria-hidden="true"><svg viewBox="0 0 24 24" class="copyButtonIcon_y97N"><path fill="currentColor" d="M19,21H8V7H19M19,5H8A2,2 0 0,0 6,7V21A2,2 0 0,0 8,23H19A2,2 0 0,0 21,21V7A2,2 0 0,0 19,5M16,1H4A2,2 0 0,0 2,3V17H4V3H16V1Z"></path></svg><svg viewBox="0 0 24 24" class="copyButtonSuccessIcon_LjdS"><path fill="currentColor" d="M21,7L9,19L3.5,13.5L4.91,12.09L9,16.17L19.59,5.59L21,7Z"></path></svg></span></button></div></div></div></div><div role="tabpanel" class="tabItem_Ymn6" hidden=""><p>Pass the following value to the <a href="/getting-started/installation-and-upgrade/other-installation-methods/air-gapped-helm-cli-install/docker-install-commands">Docker install command</a>:</p><div class="language-bash codeBlockContainer_Ckt0 theme-code-block" style="--prism-color:#bfc7d5;--prism-background-color:#292d3e"><div class="codeBlockContent_biex"><pre tabindex="0" class="prism-code language-bash codeBlock_bY9V thin-scrollbar"><code class="codeBlockLines_e6Vv"><span class="token-line" style="color:#bfc7d5"><span class="token plain">-e </span><span class="token assign-left variable" style="color:rgb(191, 199, 213)">CATTLE_BOOTSTRAP_PASSWORD</span><span class="token operator" style="color:rgb(137, 221, 255)">=</span><span class="token operator" style="color:rgb(137, 221, 255)">&lt;</span><span class="token plain">password</span><span class="token operator" style="color:rgb(137, 221, 255)">&gt;</span><br></span></code></pre><div class="buttonGroup__atx"><button type="button" aria-label="Copy code to clipboard" title="Copy" class="clean-btn"><span class="copyButtonIcons_eSgA" aria-hidden="true"><svg viewBox="0 0 24 24" class="copyButtonIcon_y97N"><path fill="currentColor" d="M19,21H8V7H19M19,5H8A2,2 0 0,0 6,7V21A2,2 0 0,0 8,23H19A2,2 0 0,0 21,21V7A2,2 0 0,0 19,5M16,1H4A2,2 0 0,0 2,3V17H4V3H16V1Z"></path></svg><svg viewBox="0 0 24 24" class="copyButtonSuccessIcon_LjdS"><path fill="currentColor" d="M21,7L9,19L3.5,13.5L4.91,12.09L9,16.17L19.59,5.59L21,7Z"></path></svg></span></button></div></div></div></div></div></div><h2 class="anchor anchorWithStickyNavbar_LWe7" id="retrieving-the-bootstrap-password">Retrieving the Bootstrap Password<a href="#retrieving-the-bootstrap-password" class="hash-link" aria-label="Direct link to Retrieving the Bootstrap Password" title="Direct link to Retrieving the Bootstrap Password">​</a></h2><p>The bootstrap password is stored in the Docker container logs. After Rancher is installed, the UI shows instructions for how to retrieve the password based on your installation method. </p><div class="tabs-container tabList__CuJ"><ul role="tablist" aria-orientation="horizontal" class="tabs"><li role="tab" tabindex="0" aria-selected="true" class="tabs__item tabItem_LNqP tabs__item--active">Helm</li><li role="tab" tabindex="-1" aria-selected="false" class="tabs__item tabItem_LNqP">Docker</li></ul><div class="margin-top--md"><div role="tabpanel" class="tabItem_Ymn6"><div class="language-bash codeBlockContainer_Ckt0 theme-code-block" style="--prism-color:#bfc7d5;--prism-background-color:#292d3e"><div class="codeBlockContent_biex"><pre tabindex="0" class="prism-code language-bash codeBlock_bY9V thin-scrollbar"><code class="codeBlockLines_e6Vv"><span class="token-line" style="color:#bfc7d5"><span class="token plain">kubectl get secret --namespace cattle-system bootstrap-secret -o go-template</span><span class="token operator" style="color:rgb(137, 221, 255)">=</span><span class="token string" style="color:rgb(195, 232, 141)">&#x27;{{ .data.bootstrapPassword|base64decode}}{{ &quot;\n&quot; 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