The elasticsearch-setup-passwords command sets the passwords for the built-in users.

Synopsis

bin/elasticsearch-setup-passwords auto|interactive
[-b, --batch] [-h, --help] [-E <KeyValuePair>]
[-s, --silent] [-u, --url "<URL>"] [-v, --verbose]

Description

This command is intended for use only during the initial configuration of the Elasticsearch security features. It uses the elastic bootstrap password to run user management API requests. After you set a password for the elastic user, the bootstrap password is no longer active and you cannot use this command. Instead, you can change passwords by using the Management > Users UI in Kibana or the Change Password API.

This command uses an HTTP connection to connect to the cluster and run the user management requests. If your cluster uses TLS/SSL on the HTTP layer, the command automatically attempts to establish the connection by using the HTTPS protocol. It configures the connection by using the xpack.security.http.ssl settings in the elasticsearch.yml file. If you do not use the default config directory location, ensure that the ES_PATH_CONF environment variable returns the correct path before you run the elasticsearch-setup-passwords command. You can override settings in your elasticsearch.yml file by using the -E command option. For more information about debugging connection failures, see elasticsearch-setup-passwords command fails due to connection failure.

Parameters

Examples

The following example uses the -u parameter to tell the tool where to submit its user management API requests:

bin/elasticsearch-setup-passwords auto -u "http://localhost:9201"