Hi Dale, there are really two ways to add a new user. One, as you tried, would be to use the signup form (more below about why that wasn't working), and second, an admin can create a new user at any time by going to the Django admin panel at http://myarcheswebsite.co.uk/admin. Note that access to the Django admin panel is restricted to users who have "staff" status (as defined in that panel).
To get to the specific error you are seeing, it looks like you do not have the e-mail settings updated. The easiest way to get that working is to give Arches access to an e-mail account that is housed on a different e-mail server, gmail for example. Please look in your project's settings_local.py file, and uncomment and update these variables (note these credentials should *always *stay in settings_local.py so they are outside of version control): EMAIL_HOST = 'smtp.gmail.com' EMAIL_HOST_USER = 'x...@xxx.com' EMAIL_HOST_PASSWORD = 'xxxxxxx' EMAIL_PORT = 587 EMAIL_USE_TLS = True I have found many sources that don't recommend using Gmail for a production django app, but it's very easy to get it up and running right away. For production deployments, you may want something like Mailgun, but setting that up will require some new records in your DNS, etc. Please let me know if this works. I realize we need to add the e-mail configuration to the docs, and I hope to be able to do so soon. Adam On Thursday, February 8, 2018 at 12:04:04 PM UTC-6, Dale Lloyd wrote: > > I installed Arches 4.1 on Ubuntu Server 16.04 by running > ubuntu_xenial_setup.sh > <https://github.com/archesproject/arches/blob/stable/4.1.x/arches/install/ubuntu_xenial_setup.sh> > and > then followed the instructions here > <https://arches4.readthedocs.io/en/stable/installation/#installation>. I > also followed the instructions > <https://github.com/archesproject/arches/wiki/Basic-Production-Configuration#serving-arches-with-apache>to > > serve the website with Apache, since I could not get Django to work > properly. > > How do I add an administrative website user account for a member of the > project team? > > If I use the 'Create a new account' link on the website and then click > 'signup', i get the following error: > > error at /auth/signup[Errno 111] Connection refused > > Request Method: POST > Request URL: http://myarcheswebsite.co.uk/auth/signup?next= > <http://maldivesdatabase.oxcis.ac.uk/auth/signup?next=> > Django Version: 1.11.6 > Exception Type: error > Exception Value: [Errno 111] Connection refused > > Exception Location: /usr/lib/python2.7/socket.py in create_connection, > line 575 > Python Executable: /usr/bin/python > Python Version: 2.7.12 > > -- -- To post, send email to archesproject@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe, send email to archesproject+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more information, visit https://groups.google.com/d/forum/archesproject?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Arches Project" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to archesproject+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.