How to configure an administrator for Mastodon?

[archos]

I tried adding ENABLE_REGISTRATIONS=true to the .env.production file, but unfortunately, that didn't work either. I'm still stuck on the domain/auth/edit page.

[nebulon]

Have you installed Mastodon with or without Cloudron usermanagement?

[archos]

@nebulon Thank you for your reply.
I installed Cloudron without user management

[archos]

@nebulon I tried uninstalling and reinstalling an older version, but unfortunately, I’m still having the same issue. I really don’t know what I’m doing wrong.

[archos]

Hi, I tried installing Mastodon on a different server, and the result is the same. I always get stuck at the message 'Your request is pending review by our staff. This may take some time. You will receive an email if your request is approved.' on the auth/edit page. I've been struggling with this since last night and still no solution. I even tried reverting to version 1.13.2, but I always end up with this error.

[archos]

I resolved the issue by installing version 1.13.0, where registrations are still open. Then, I gradually updated to the latest version. The problem occurred on two different servers, so I’m not sure if it’s an issue with Mastodon on Cloudron. Anyway, I now have the latest version and a fully functional admin interface.

[nebulon]

I just tried this here also on a fresh installation and I can confirm the initial owner account creation and flow is a bit off.

There is a missing step in the docs to also approve the new user besides the user approving his/her email address:

/app/code/bin/tootctl accounts modify --approve <username>

I will add this to the docs.

[archos]

@nebulon I'm glad it wasn’t a problem between the chair and the keyboard

[nebulon]

Added that line now to the docs when adding new users. Makes little sense to add users by cli and then also requiring to approve them https://docs.cloudron.io/apps/mastodon/#adding-users

[nebulon]

While typing this here, I had the idea to check the create command for a flag and indeed there is --approve:

/app/code/bin/tootctl accounts modify testusername --approve