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Security
editSecurity
editAll Elastic Stack resources deployed by the ECK operator are secured by default. The operator sets up basic authentication and TLS to encrypt network traffic to, from, and within your Elasticsearch cluster.
Authentication
editTo access Elastic resources, the operator manages a default user named elastic with the superuser role. Its password is stored in a Secret named <name>-elastic-user.
> kubectl get secret hulk-es-elastic-user -o go-template='{{.data.elastic | base64decode }}'
42xyz42citsale42xyz42
Beware of copying this Secret as-is into a different namespace. Check Common Problems: Owner References for more information.