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title: "Sign in to Grafana | Grafana documentation"
description: "Learn how to sign in to Grafana"
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# Sign in to Grafana

This topic describes how to sign in to Grafana.

## Before you begin

- [Install Grafana](../installation/)

## Steps

To sign in to Grafana for the first time, follow these steps:

1. Open your web browser and go to root URL specified in [Grafana configuration file](../configure-grafana/).
   
   Unless you have configured Grafana differently, it is set to use `http://localhost:3000` by default.
2. On the signin page, enter `admin` for username and password.
3. Click **Sign in**.
   
   If successful, you will see a prompt to change the password.
4. Click **OK** on the prompt and change your password.

> **Note:** We strongly recommend that you change the default administrator password.