Administrators
The admin panel has three user roles:
| Role | Description |
|---|---|
| Super Admin | Has unrestricted privileges, created on OpenPanel installation. |
| Admin | Has restricted privileges, can not access all OpenAdmin UI pages and can not edit the SuperAdmin user. |
| Reseller | Has restricted privileges, manages only the users assigned to them. Reseller users are managed from the separate Resellers page and are not listed on the Administrators page. |
Manage Admin users​
- With OpenAdmin
- With OpenCLI
Manage administrative users with access to the OpenAdmin interface via Accounts > Administrators.
For each admin user, the table shows:
- Username and Status (active or suspended).
- Role - Super Admin or Admin.
- Security - a green 2FA badge when two-factor authentication is enabled and a green Passkeys badge when a passkey is registered, the one that isn't set up is grey. Empty when the admin has neither.
- Activity - the last change the admin made, linking to their Activity Log, with the IP address and time of their last login below it.
- Edit - a menu with the available actions for that user.
Click the arrows next to a column name to sort the table by that column.
Reseller users are not listed on this page - they are managed separately under Accounts > Resellers.
To list admin users use command:
opencli admin list
Bulk Actions​
Tick the checkbox of one or more administrators, or the checkbox in the table header to select all administrators shown by the current search. A bar appears at the bottom of the page with the number selected, a Clear link and these actions:
| Action | What it does |
|---|---|
| Suspend | Suspends the selected administrators, they can't log in until unsuspended. |
| Unsuspend | Unsuspends the selected administrators. |
| Delete | Permanently deletes the selected administrators. |
Super Admins and your own account have no checkbox, they can't be suspended or deleted from here.
Click an action, confirm it, and it runs on the selected administrators one after another. When it's done the page reloads with a notice listing the administrators it worked for, or which ones failed and why.
Activity Log​
Every change an administrator makes in OpenAdmin is recorded in their own activity log. Open it from the Activity column or from Activity Log in the Edit menu, see Activity Log for what is recorded.
Reset Admin Password​
- With OpenAdmin
- With OpenCLI
To reset an admin's password, open the Edit menu for that user on the Accounts > Administrators page, select Change Password, then set the new password and click Change Password.
To reset the password for an admin user:
opencli admin password <username> <new_password>
Example, reset password for and Admin user:
opencli admin password admin Pyl7_L2M1
Create new Admin​
- With OpenAdmin
- With OpenCLI
To create a new admin user, click on the Create New button on the Accounts > Administrators page, set the username and password and click on Create.
Creating additional Administrator accounts requires an Enterprise license - Community edition supports only a single Administrator (the Super Admin) and does not display the Create New button. New admin users created this way are always assigned the Admin role; the Super Admin role can only be assigned during OpenPanel installation.
To create new admin accounts:
opencli admin new <username> <password>
Example:
opencli admin new filip Pyl7_L2M1
Rename Admin user​
- With OpenAdmin
- With OpenCLI
To rename an Admin user, open the Edit menu for that user on the Accounts > Administrators page, select Rename, set the new username and click Change Username.
To rename admin user:
opencli admin rename <username> <new_username>
Example:
opencli admin rename filip filip2
Suspend Admin user​
- With OpenAdmin
- With OpenCLI
To suspend an Admin user, open the Edit menu for that user on the Accounts > Administrators page and click Suspend. To unsuspend the user, open the Edit menu again and click Unsuspend.
Only users with the Admin role can be suspended from this page. The Super Admin user cannot be suspended, and an admin cannot suspend their own account.
opencli admin suspend <username>
Example:
opencli admin suspend filip
To unsuspend admin user:
opencli admin unsuspend <username>
Example:
opencli admin unsuspend filip
Delete Admin user​
- With OpenAdmin
- With OpenCLI
Open the Edit menu for the user on the Accounts > Administrators page and click Delete, then confirm.
From the terminal:
To delete admin user:
opencli admin delete <username>
Example:
opencli admin delete filip
The Super Admin user can not be deleted.
Disable Two-Factor Authentication or Passkeys​
- With OpenAdmin
If an admin user has Two-Factor Authentication or a Passkey enabled (shown in the 2FA and Passkeys columns on the Accounts > Administrators page), the Super Admin can open that user's Edit menu and select Disable 2FA or Disable Passkeys to remove it, for example if the user is locked out of their authenticator or security key. Only the Super Admin can perform this action, and it cannot be used on the Super Admin's own account.