diff --git a/docs/admin/admin_panel.md b/docs/admin/admin_panel.md index 18e14027a..da801f0d9 100644 --- a/docs/admin/admin_panel.md +++ b/docs/admin/admin_panel.md @@ -1,5 +1,26 @@ # Admin Control Panel -TODO! +[gotosocial-admin](https://github.com/superseriousbusiness/gotosocial-admin) is a simple webclient that uses the [admin api routes](https://docs.gotosocial.org/en/latest/api/swagger/#operations-tag-admin) to manage your instance. It uses the same OAUTH mechanism as normal clients (with scope: admin), and as such can be hosted anywhere, separately from your instance, or run locally. A public installation is available here: [https://gts.superseriousbusiness.org/admin](https://gts.superseriousbusiness.org/admin). -For now see [here](https://github.com/superseriousbusiness/gotosocial-admin). +## Using the panel +To use the Admin API your account has to be promoted as such: +``` +./gotosocial --config-path ./config.yaml admin account promote --username YOUR_USERNAME +``` +After this, you can enter your instance domain in the login field (auto-filled if you run GoToSocial on the same domain), and login like you would with +any other client. + +

+ Screenshot of the GoToSocial admin panel, showing the fields to change an instance's settings +

+ +You can change the instance's settings like the title and descriptions, and add/remove/change domain blocks including a bulk import/export. + +## Installing the panel +Build requirements: some version of [Node.js](https://nodejs.org) and yarn. +``` +git clone https://github.com/superseriousbusiness/gotosocial-admin.git && cd gotosocial-admin +yarn install +node index.js +``` +This will compile a static bundle in `public/`, which can be copied to any webhost, or put into your GoToSocial installation in the `web/admin` directory. \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/docs/assets/admin-panel.png b/docs/assets/admin-panel.png new file mode 100644 index 000000000..feaca51e6 Binary files /dev/null and b/docs/assets/admin-panel.png differ