Securing Etherpad admin with a password

Etherpad is insecure by default.

To secure etherpad edit

/usr/local/etherpad/trunk/etherpad/etc/etherpad.localdev-default.properties

Add the line (if it doesn’t already exist - it exists by default)

etherpad.adminPass = password

Replace password with your password

Edit the line

etherpad.isProduction = false

To read

etherpad.isProduction = true

Save the file and restart etherpad.