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Last updated on Nov 3, 2026

ee auth update

Updates http authentication password for a site.

SYNOPSIS

ee auth update [<site-name>] [--user=<user>] [--pass=<pass>] [--ip=<ip>]

OPTIONS

[<site-name>]
: Name of website / global for global auth.

[--user=<user>]
: Username for http auth. Required unless --ip is passed.

[--pass=<pass>]
: Password for http auth. Default: a new random password.

[--ip=<ip>]
: IP to whitelist.

EXAMPLES

# Set a new random password for the admin-tools user (a global user named easyengine is updated instead, if there is one)
$ ee auth update global --user=easyengine

# Update auth password on site with predefined username and password
$ ee auth update example.com --user=test --pass=password

# Update whitelisted IPs on site
$ ee auth update example.com --ip=8.8.8.8,1.1.1.1

# Update whitelisted IPs on all sites
$ ee auth update global --ip=8.8.8.8,1.1.1.1

SUBCOMMANDS

NameDescription
ee auth createCreates http authentication for a site.
ee auth deleteDeletes http authentication for a site.
ee auth listLists http authentication users of a site.

GLOBAL PARAMETERS

--sites_path=<path>
    Absolute path to where all sites will be stored.

--locale=<locale>
    Locale for WordPress.

--le-mail=<le-mail>
    Mail-id to be used for letsencrypt.

--env=<env>
    EasyEngine server environment.

--wp-mail=<wp-mail>
    Default Mail-id to be used for WordPress site installation.

--sysctl=<true/false>
    Whether to add sysctl config in docker-compose.

--skip-tty=<true/false>
    Skip tty allocation for remote command execution.

--custom-compose=<custom-compose file>
    Path to custom compose file.

--[no-]color
    Whether to colorize the output.

--debug[=<group>]
    Show all PHP errors; add verbosity to EE bootstrap.

--quiet
    Suppress informational messages.