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If the server is only being used for LibreTime and has a web browser installed, you can access the administration interface directly on that server by opening the address:
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http://localhost/
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If you have set up LibreTime so that it can be accessed from other computers, you would use a domain name instead. For example:
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https://libretime.example.com/
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You can log in for the first time with the user name *admin* and the password set during installation. Your browser should automatically focus on the **Username** field.
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If you enter the password incorrectly three times, you will be presented with a reCAPTCHA challenge to prove that you are a human, and not a password-guessing robot. This feature helps protect your LibreTime installation against brute force
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attacks.
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If activated, you will see a link **Reset password** below the password field, which enables users to obtain a password reminder by email. See the chapter *Preferences* for configuration details.
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The **E-mail** address you enter must match the address stored in the database for your **Username**.
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The Master Panel
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The **Master Panel** is present at the top of every page of the LibreTime interface. On the left hand side, the Master Panel displays the details of the **Previous** file played out,
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the current file playing (with an orange progress bar and time elapsed/time remaining), and the details of the **Next**
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file due to play. It also displays the name and scheduled time of the current show, with a blue progress bar.
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Beneath this side of the Master Panel is the main navigation menu. We'll be looking at the contents of these menus in the
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following chapters of this book.
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On the right hand side of the Master Panel are the switches for the **Source Streams**, which enable you to switch from
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scheduled play to remote live sources, and back. (See the chapter *Stream settings* for details of this feature). The
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**On Air** indicator turns from dark grey to red whenever audio is being played out. Underneath this indicator is a
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**Listen** button, which opens a pop-up player that can be used to audition the available playout streams.
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There is also a clock indicating the **Station time** and time zone. Beneath the clock and just to the left, the name of
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the user currently logged in is displayed, and there is the link for you to **Logout**.
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Clicking the username link opens a page in which you can update your LibreTime password, contact details, language and time
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zone preferences. Click the **Save** button once you have made the changes that you require.
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On the right of the Logout link, clicking the green check mark opens a pop-up window with information about the version of
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LibreTime installed. If your LibreTime installation is not the latest version available, the green check mark changes to a
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green upgrade arrow. Should your LibreTime installation get too far out of date, this arrow will change to a red exclamation
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mark.
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<img src="static/Screenshot543-Running_latest_version_250.png" width="595" height="230" />
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Checking an Icecast server
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If you have installed an Icecast streaming media server, you can check that Icecast is running by opening its default server
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port of 8000 in your web browser. For example, on the server itself, you can use:
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http://localhost:8000
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or from another machine, using the domain name of the Icecast server:
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http://streaming.example.com:8000
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You should see the Icecast status page, with details of any connections that your LibreTime server has made to this Icecast
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server. If you have only just installed LibreTime, there may not be any media playing out yet.
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