From 3a554e246b1ff77bd4bffea0da8310711c166218 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "CanbiZ (MickLesk)" <47820557+MickLesk@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 27 Mar 2026 15:31:49 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] fix(ente): add first-start steps to JSON notes

Without these steps the setup cannot be completed:
1. Create account via web UI
2. Get verification code from museum logs
3. Remove subscription limit via CLI
---
 json/ente.json | 20 ++++++++++++++------
 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/json/ente.json b/json/ente.json
index 91759aa0..94e911ab 100644
--- a/json/ente.json
+++ b/json/ente.json
@@ -33,15 +33,23 @@
     },
     "notes": [
         {
-            "text": "Please use `journalctl -u ente-museum.service -n 10` to read logs for the signup verification code",
+            "text": "First-Start: Create your first user account via the web UI at port 3000",
+            "type": "warning"
+        },
+        {
+            "text": "First-Start: Check museum logs for the email verification code: `journalctl -u ente-museum -n 100 | grep -i 'verification'`",
+            "type": "warning"
+        },
+        {
+            "text": "First-Start: After verifying, remove the subscription limit: `ente admin update-subscription -a <email> -u <email> --no-limit`",
+            "type": "warning"
+        },
+        {
+            "text": "To use the Ente CLI to add/whitelist admins, follow the instructions at https://ente.io/help/self-hosting/administration/cli",
             "type": "info"
         },
         {
-            "text": "If you want to use the Ente CLI to add/whitelist admins, please follow the instructions at https://ente.io/help/self-hosting/administration/cli",
-            "type": "info"
-        },
-        {
-            "text": "To see Museium config:  `cat /opt/ente/server/museum.yaml`",
+            "text": "Museum config: `cat /opt/ente/server/museum.yaml`",
             "type": "info"
         }
     ]