The first user account has now been created but in order to use it with the Git protocol we need to add a minimum level of security on HTTP: generating a random password to be used from the client. Even when used as a sandbox environment, empty passwords are not sufficient to allow a Git client to perform write operations to the repository.
When you go into the top-right drop-down menu, displaying the name of the user logged in, select the settings link.
The following screenshot shows the Gerrit Settings link:
The user settings screen allows you to customize all information, preferences, and security settings for the current user. In this scenario we only want to specify an HTTP password for the Git protocol, so you need to select HTTP Password and then click on the Generate Password button. A new random password is generated and stored in the Gerrit DB associated to the user.
To simplify the copy-and-paste of the password, Gerrit web-UI includes a simple icon...