# Self-hosted : Invalid credentials
**URL:** https://community.nocodb.com/t/self-hosted-invalid-credentials/1285
**Category:** Uncategorized
**Created:** [July 23, 2024, 10:09pm UTC](https://community.nocodb.com/t/self-hosted-invalid-credentials/1285 "2024-07-23T22:09:59Z")
**Posts on this page:** 9
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### Author:  [@LAG](https://community.nocodb.com/u/LAG)
#### Post date: [July 23, 2024, 10:09pm UTC](https://community.nocodb.com/t/self-hosted-invalid-credentials/1285/1 "2024-07-23T22:09:59Z")
new to the app.
docker install, did a test install just to verify as I have done with most of my apps before adding too one off my established stacks. it worked, lookedd like it was just what i was looking for. added same info to an existing stack, did the docker compose and it loaeded up, i went to login and it gave me invaslid credentials. i then clicked the forgot my password link and got the error Message: Request failed with status code 400. how do i get this rectified?
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### Author:  [@Navi](https://community.nocodb.com/u/Navi)
#### Post date: [July 24, 2024, 6:33pm UTC](https://community.nocodb.com/t/self-hosted-invalid-credentials/1285/2 "2024-07-24T18:33:41Z")
Since you have [SMTP env variables](https://docs.nocodb.com/getting-started/self-hosted/environment-variables/#email-notifications) are not set, you cannot recover the password.
However, setting [NC\_ADMIN\_EMAIL and NC\_ADMIN\_PASSWORD](https://docs.nocodb.com/getting-started/self-hosted/environment-variables/#authentication) you should be able to get in.
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### Author:  [@LAG](https://community.nocodb.com/u/LAG)
#### Post date: [July 26, 2024, 7:26pm UTC](https://community.nocodb.com/t/self-hosted-invalid-credentials/1285/3 "2024-07-26T19:26:39Z")
which docker compose should i use? or can i input those lines into the environment sections and it work?
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### Author:  [@Navi](https://community.nocodb.com/u/Navi)
#### Post date: [July 26, 2024, 7:28pm UTC](https://community.nocodb.com/t/self-hosted-invalid-credentials/1285/4 "2024-07-26T19:28:11Z")
Using those env variables in your current docker / docker-compose should work
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### Author:  [@LAG](https://community.nocodb.com/u/LAG)
#### Post date: [July 26, 2024, 7:57pm UTC](https://community.nocodb.com/t/self-hosted-invalid-credentials/1285/5 "2024-07-26T19:57:50Z")
ok just to make sure here is what i plan to input… let me know if you see any issues. i am still a noob with docker and ubuntu, but im tryin to learn…
nocodb:
depends\_on:
root\_db:
condition: service\_healthy
environment:
NC\_DB: “mysql2://root\_db:3306?u=noco&p=password&d=root\_db”
- NC\_ADMIN\_EMAIL: [email@hotmail.com](mailto:email@hotmail.com)
- NC\_ADMIN\_PASSWORD: abcD1234#
image: “nocodb/nocodb:latest”
ports:
- “8585:8080”
restart: always
volumes:
- /Nocodb\_Config/nocodb/nc\_data:/usr/app/data
root\_db:
environment:
MYSQL\_DATABASE: root\_db
MYSQL\_PASSWORD: password
MYSQL\_ROOT\_PASSWORD: password
MYSQL\_USER: noco
healthcheck:
retries: 10
test:
- CMD
- mysqladmin
- ping
- “-h”
- localhost
timeout: 20s
image: “mysql:5.7”
restart: always
volumes:
- /portainer/Files/AppData/Config/nocodb/db\_data:/var/lib/mysql
# below line shows how to change charset and collation
# uncomment it if necessary
# command: --character-set-server=utf8mb4 --collation-server=utf8mb4\_unicode\_ci
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### Author:  [@Navi](https://community.nocodb.com/u/Navi)
#### Post date: [July 26, 2024, 8:29pm UTC](https://community.nocodb.com/t/self-hosted-invalid-credentials/1285/6 "2024-07-26T20:29:58Z")
Input is fine, hard to tell from the formatting perspective. Please ask chatgpt these things 🙂
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### Author:  [@LAG](https://community.nocodb.com/u/LAG)
#### Post date: [July 26, 2024, 9:45pm UTC](https://community.nocodb.com/t/self-hosted-invalid-credentials/1285/7 "2024-07-26T21:45:36Z")
i dont use any ai software. where else can i check it?
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### Author:  [@LAG](https://community.nocodb.com/u/LAG)
#### Post date: [July 26, 2024, 9:49pm UTC](https://community.nocodb.com/t/self-hosted-invalid-credentials/1285/8 "2024-07-26T21:49:04Z")
when i tried it i got this error
yaml: line 102: did not find expected key
which pertains to the environment line…
condition: service\_healthy
environment:
NC\_DB: “mysql2://root\_db:3306?u=noco&p=password&d=root\_db”
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### Author:  [@LAG](https://community.nocodb.com/u/LAG)
#### Post date: [July 27, 2024, 5:20pm UTC](https://community.nocodb.com/t/self-hosted-invalid-credentials/1285/9 "2024-07-27T17:20:58Z")
> [@LAG](#):
>
> NC\_ADMIN\_PASSWORD: abcD1234#
ok so when i attempted to add the new nocodb compose info onto an existing docker.yml file it would give me errors. so i just created a new folder and a new docker.yml file just for nocodb and its up and running and i am abe to login. tyvm for your assistance.