Automation Suite on Linux installation guide

Last updated Mar 3, 2025

ArgoCD login failed

Error details

The error code for this issue is 12001.

Description

You may fail to log into ArgoCD when using the admin password or the installer may fail with the following error message:

Solution

To fix this issue, enter your password, create a bcrypt password, and run the commands described in the following section:

password="<enter_your_password>"
bcryptPassword=<generate bcrypt password using link https://www.browserling.com/tools/bcrypt >

# Enter your bcrypt password and run the following command
kubectl -n argocd patch secret argocd-secret \
  -p '{"stringData": {
    "admin.password": "<enter you bcryptPassword here>",
    "admin.passwordMtime": "'$(date +%FT%T%Z)'"
  }}'

# Run the following commands
argocdInitialAdminSecretPresent=$(kubectl -n argocd get secret argocd-initial-admin-secret --ignore-not-found )
if [[ -n ${argocdInitialAdminSecretPresent} ]]; then
   echo "Start updating argocd-initial-admin-secret"
   kubectl -n argocd patch secret argocd-initial-admin-secret \
   -p "{
      \"stringData\": {
         \"password\": \"$password\"
      }
   }"
fipassword="<enter_your_password>"
bcryptPassword=<generate bcrypt password using link https://www.browserling.com/tools/bcrypt >

# Enter your bcrypt password and run the following command
kubectl -n argocd patch secret argocd-secret \
  -p '{"stringData": {
    "admin.password": "<enter you bcryptPassword here>",
    "admin.passwordMtime": "'$(date +%FT%T%Z)'"
  }}'

# Run the following commands
argocdInitialAdminSecretPresent=$(kubectl -n argocd get secret argocd-initial-admin-secret --ignore-not-found )
if [[ -n ${argocdInitialAdminSecretPresent} ]]; then
   echo "Start updating argocd-initial-admin-secret"
   kubectl -n argocd patch secret argocd-initial-admin-secret \
   -p "{
      \"stringData\": {
         \"password\": \"$password\"
      }
   }"
fi

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