console login fails for initial admin/ user in ignition file

[kstohlberg-ondeck]

opswat/metadefendercore-debian:5.2.1
mdcore setup in EKS 1.21, Aurora Postgres 12.11

Everything is setup and working - logs show mdcore successfully init the db, activated, and pulled AV defs.

Trying to login to console with the admin user in the ignition file - logs show a successful attempt but console fails with invalid credentials

[INFO ] 2022.09.20 20:45:39.175: (common.workflow) Successful login, validatedUserName='LOCAL/admin', IP='*.*.*.*' [msgid: 1834]

Is there a setting required to allow console logins?

[kstohlberg-ondeck]

I've also created users via the API, http://localhost:8008/admin/user
however the same behavior is observed - login attempts log a success, but console fails