How to reset server credentials?

[hubitor]

I've started a docker container for the server in my localhost:
sudo docker run -t -i -p 127.0.0.1:8081:8080 -v ~/trilium-data:/root/trilium-data zadam/trilium:latest

I don't remember if I set a password during the setup. Then I deleted the 2 trillium containers and ran the above command again. Now it asks me for credentials again.

How can I reset/set my credentials?

[zadam]

If you don't care about the data in the server instance, then you can just delete ~/trilium-data and the whole app will be completely reset.

[hubitor]

I don't care about the data in the server instance and delete ~/trilium-data but now the trilium desktop does not start normally even after I restarted my system.

This is what I see when I start trilium:

Trilium Notes setup
Sync in progress
Sync has been correctly set up. It will take some time for the initial sync to finish. Once it's done, you'll be redirected to the login page.
Outstanding sync items: 

and when I start from terminal:

$ trilium            
Generated sourceId=FFeXr8e51tZG
A JavaScript error occurred in the main process
Uncaught Exception:
Error: EACCES: permission denied, open '/home/user/trilium-data/log/trilium-2020-03-11.log'
Port 37840 is already in use

and this the content of the log file:

11:08:10.738 INFO  App HTTP server starting up at port 8080 
11:08:10.738 INFO  {
  "appVersion": "0.40.5",
  "dbVersion": 157,
  "syncVersion": 14,
  "buildDate": "2020-03-08T21:05:52+01:00",
  "buildRevision": "e4039ea5e1c6ac87e0947bc77b6bdcbb29a23092",
  "dataDirectory": "/root/trilium-data",
  "clipperProtocolVersion": "1.0"
} 
11:08:10.742 INFO  DB not initialized, please visit setup page to see instructions on how to initialize Trilium. 
11:08:45.067 INFO  GET / 
11:08:45.084 INFO  GET /setup 
11:09:09.032 INFO  GET /api/setup/status 
11:09:09.066 INFO  POST /api/setup/sync-seed 
11:09:09.070 INFO  Creating database for sync 
11:09:09.256 INFO  Schema and not synced options generated. 

I have to say, I've tried in between to import my evernote notes, but trilium was stuck after it imported 272 items and I had to close it.

EDIT:

I've uninstalled trilium, removed .config/Trilium Notes, ~/trilium-data and reinstalled. Trilium opens normally again but it produces errors when I import an exported evernote .enex file. I'm opening a new issue for this.

[dosubot[bot]]

Hi, @hubitor. I'm Dosu, and I'm helping the Trilium team manage their backlog. I'm marking this issue as stale.

Issue Summary:

• You experienced issues resetting credentials for a Trilium server in a Docker container.
• Followed advice to delete the ~/trilium-data directory but faced permission errors and desktop app startup issues.
• After reinstalling Trilium, the app starts normally.
• Encountered errors when importing an Evernote .enex file and are considering opening a new issue for this.

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