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title: "Document Engine built-in dashboard | Nutrient"
canonical_url: "https://www.nutrient.io/guides/document-engine/management/dashboard/"
md_url: "https://www.nutrient.io/guides/document-engine/management/dashboard.md"
last_updated: "2026-05-30T02:20:01.233Z"
description: "Document Engine comes with an optional built-in dashboard that makes it easier to both see what’s going on in your production installation."
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# Built-in dashboard

Document Engine comes with an optional built-in dashboard that makes it easier to both see what’s going on in your production installation and improve your developer experience.

It’s available at `/dashboard`. If you’re testing Document Engine locally, follow the directions for [setting up Document Engine](https://www.nutrient.io/sdk/document-engine/getting-started.md) and access the dashboard at http://localhost:5000/dashboard.

## Use cases

The dashboard enables you to quickly:

- Inspect the runtime environment.

- Create new documents (useful while integrating Nutrient Web SDK into your application).

- Access a link to our current documentation and guides.

- Validate your generated JSON Web Tokens (JWTs).

For interacting with Document Engine programmatically, use the [backend API](https://www.nutrient.io/api/reference/document-engine/upstream/).

## Authentication

The dashboard is secured using HTTP authentication. You can modify the username and password through [Helm values](https://www.nutrient.io/guides/document-engine/deployment/helm.md):

- `dashboard.auth.username`

- `dashboard.auth.password`

You can also pass the environment variables passed to the container directly:

- `DASHBOARD_USERNAME`

- `DASHBOARD_PASSWORD`

## Disabling the dashboard

To disable the dashboard, leave the `DASHBOARD_USERNAME` and `DASHBOARD_PASSWORD` environment variables blank, or don’t set them.
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## Related pages

- [Secrets rotation](/guides/document-engine/management/secrets-rotation.md)