Admin Overview

Overview of the admin panel features and capabilities.

The admin panel provides system administrators with tools to manage users, organizations, and monitor platform activity.

Accessing the Admin Panel

Navigate to /admin when signed in as an admin user. The panel is only accessible to users with the admin role.

Adding Admins via Drizzle Studio

You can add admins via Drizzle Studio. First, run Drizzle Studio by running pnpm --filter "@kit/database" run drizzle:studio in the root of your project.

Now, navigate to Drizzle Studio, locate the user in the users table, and update the role column to admin.

Next, sign in with the user specified as admin. For testing purposes, you can use the following credentials after running pnpm seed:

Email: admin1@makerkit.dev
Password: testingpassword

Navigate to /admin and you should see the admin panel.

Dashboard

The admin dashboard displays key metrics at a glance:

Total Users - All registered users on the platform
Active Sessions - Currently active user sessions
Banned Users - Users with restricted access
New Users This Week - Recent sign-ups

User Management

The Users section (/admin/users) provides:

Search - Find users by name or email
Filter - Filter by role (user/admin) and status (active/banned)
Sort - Order by name, email, creation date, role, or status

Action	Description
Change Role	Promote user to admin or demote to user
Ban User	Temporarily or permanently restrict access
Unban User	Restore access for banned users
Remove User	Permanently delete user account
View Sessions	See all active sessions for a user
Revoke Session	End a specific session
Revoke All Sessions	Force logout from all devices
Impersonate	Sign in as the user for debugging