From 948e47f067b35246c355b7a3456d76aa15383a8a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: A <32370941+aphick@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 5 May 2025 10:01:10 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Update README.md

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+## Creating an admin user
+
+How to create an admin user can be found in the [admin cli documentation](https://docs.joinmastodon.org/admin/tootctl/). You will need to run these commands within the `compose-mastodon-web` docker container. Example:
+```
+tootctl accounts create dcomms-admin --email dcomms-admin@example.org --role Owner --confirmed
+```
+
+This will display a automatically generated password that can be used on first login.