[Bug]: Root user not created during installation; reset commands ineffective

[Edlavio]

Error Message and Logs

I encountered an issue where the root user is not created during the Coolify installation process, even when providing the necessary environment variables. Additionally, attempts to reset the root user's credentials post-installation have been unsuccessful.

Steps to Reproduce

1. curl -fsSL https://cdn.coollabs.io/coolify/install.sh | sudo bash
2. sudo -E env ROOT_USERNAME=root ROOT_USER_EMAIL=email@example.com ROOT_USER_PASSWORD=Password bash -c 'curl -fsSL https://cdn.coollabs.io/coolify/install.sh | bash'
3. docker exec -ti coolify sh -c "php artisan root:reset-password"
4. docker exec -ti coolify sh -c "php artisan root:change-email"

Example Repository URL

No response

Coolify Version

4.0.0-beta.409

Are you using Coolify Cloud?

No (self-hosted)

Operating System and Version (self-hosted)

Ubuntu 24.04

Additional Information

No response

[iPommes]

It seems that this issue is still around. Before researching I was quite confused. But after looking into it maybe the order of the setting the environment variables is wrong?

I got the following log during installation:

[2026-03-11 20:15:07] Step 7/9: Checking and updating environment variables
7/9 Checking and updating environment variables...
 - Updated value of APP_ID as the current value was empty
 - Updated value of APP_KEY as the current value was empty
 - Updated value of DB_PASSWORD as the current value was empty
 - Updated value of REDIS_PASSWORD as the current value was empty
 - Updated value of PUSHER_APP_ID as the current value was empty
 - Updated value of PUSHER_APP_KEY as the current value was empty
 - Updated value of PUSHER_APP_SECRET as the current value was empty
 - Setting predefined root user credentials from environment
 - Updated value of ROOT_USERNAME as the current value was empty
 - Updated value of ROOT_USER_EMAIL as the current value was empty
 - Updated value of ROOT_USER_PASSWORD as the current value was empty
 - Added DOCKER_ADDRESS_POOL_BASE and it's value as the variable was missing
 - Added DOCKER_ADDRESS_POOL_SIZE and it's value as the variable was missing

[iPommes]

After working around for a little bit I found out you have to follow the guidelines in the doc strictly. So the password and other values must meet the requirements describes here https://coolify.io/docs/knowledge-base/create-root-user-with-env.