<![CDATA[How to add a permanent admin?]]>How to add a permanent admin?

Creating a user via the UI doesn't have the option to assigning them the role of 'admin'.

And as per https://github.com/keycloak/keycloak/discussions/33803#discussioncomment-10921141, the new user should be added to the admin role via the CLI, but, when i try that, i get this error:

Failed to create config file: /root/.keycloak/kcadm.config
]]>https://forum.cloudron.io/topic/13223/how-to-add-a-permanent-adminRSS for NodeFri, 08 May 2026 15:09:12 GMTSat, 01 Feb 2025 05:41:50 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to How to add a permanent admin? on Thu, 06 Feb 2025 07:50:26 GMT]]>@joseph
btw, i ended up uninstalling and reinstalling the Keycloak app and this the process went about as depicted in your video.

]]>https://forum.cloudron.io/post/101251https://forum.cloudron.io/post/101251Thu, 06 Feb 2025 07:50:26 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to How to add a permanent admin? on Thu, 06 Feb 2025 04:38:11 GMT]]>@joseph
I'm aware those are the prescribed steps, but the issue exists despite them, hence this post (as also stated before).

https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/jxiz1wuq86xy3oo8f6c5k/Screen-Recording-2025-02-06-100122.mp4?rlkey=n9pcd9qjbdzodohsy3cywo188&raw=1

https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/trjxvza4ktgrsuymh7u86/Screen-Recording-2025-02-06-100437.mp4?rlkey=r2vlkbso7nm157pbey8g8uin4&raw=1

]]>https://forum.cloudron.io/post/101246https://forum.cloudron.io/post/101246Thu, 06 Feb 2025 04:38:11 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to How to add a permanent admin? on Tue, 04 Feb 2025 16:42:47 GMT]]>@shrey not sure if we talk of the same thing 🤔

But here, I made a video to show you on a fresh installation:

]]>https://forum.cloudron.io/post/101186https://forum.cloudron.io/post/101186Tue, 04 Feb 2025 16:42:47 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to How to add a permanent admin? on Tue, 04 Feb 2025 16:22:39 GMT]]>@joseph
that's also part of the reported error, as well as shown in the shared screenshots.

]]>https://forum.cloudron.io/post/101181https://forum.cloudron.io/post/101181Tue, 04 Feb 2025 16:22:39 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to How to add a permanent admin? on Tue, 04 Feb 2025 14:50:06 GMT]]>yes, exactly as @ccfu said

]]>https://forum.cloudron.io/post/101170https://forum.cloudron.io/post/101170Tue, 04 Feb 2025 14:50:06 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to How to add a permanent admin? on Tue, 04 Feb 2025 13:12:40 GMT]]>I was experiencing the same problem. The solution is to select filter by realm roles. It seems to default to filter by realm clients.

]]>https://forum.cloudron.io/post/101161https://forum.cloudron.io/post/101161Tue, 04 Feb 2025 13:12:40 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to How to add a permanent admin? on Tue, 04 Feb 2025 01:50:48 GMT]]>@joseph yeah, my 2nd image corresponds to your 3rd one. There's no dropdown option available in my case because I've already added all the available roles, although, the 'admin' role is not one of them.

]]>https://forum.cloudron.io/post/101136https://forum.cloudron.io/post/101136Tue, 04 Feb 2025 01:50:48 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to How to add a permanent admin? on Mon, 03 Feb 2025 15:15:27 GMT]]>@shrey it's in the 3rd screenshot I posted. iirc, user -> roles -> you have to change the select box drop down . and then there is admin there.

]]>https://forum.cloudron.io/post/101124https://forum.cloudron.io/post/101124Mon, 03 Feb 2025 15:15:27 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to How to add a permanent admin? on Sun, 02 Feb 2025 08:56:51 GMT]]>@joseph said in How to add a permanent admin?:

you have to create a new User in the master realm with 'admin' role

Hi @joseph, this is pretty much the reason for my post; there's no option available to select the 'admin' role.

I've tried to add every role available, but the 'admin' role option is nowhere to be found in my instance.

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Even though, the role does exist:

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]]>https://forum.cloudron.io/post/101084https://forum.cloudron.io/post/101084Sun, 02 Feb 2025 08:56:51 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to How to add a permanent admin? on Sun, 02 Feb 2025 07:01:59 GMT]]>image.png

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]]>https://forum.cloudron.io/post/101078https://forum.cloudron.io/post/101078Sun, 02 Feb 2025 07:01:59 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to How to add a permanent admin? on Sun, 02 Feb 2025 06:59:58 GMT]]>@shrey you have to create a new User in the master realm with 'admin' role (Roles -> Add -> Search for admin role). Also, set a password for this admin user. Then, relogin as this new admin user and delete the tempadmin

]]>https://forum.cloudron.io/post/101077https://forum.cloudron.io/post/101077Sun, 02 Feb 2025 06:59:58 GMT