Create passwords for built-in users
editCreate passwords for built-in users
editThere are built-in users that you can use for specific administrative purposes:
elastic
, kibana
, logstash_system
, and beats_system
.
Before you can use them, you must set their passwords:
-
Restart Elasticsearch. For example, if you installed Elasticsearch with a
.tar.gz
package, run the following command from the Elasticsearch directory:./bin/elasticsearch
-
Set the built-in users' passwords. Run the following command from the Elasticsearch directory:
./bin/elasticsearch-setup-passwords interactive
You need these built-in users in subsequent steps, so choose passwords that you can remember!
This tutorial does not use the built-in logstash_system
and
beats_system
users, which are typically associated with monitoring. For more
information, see
Configuring credentials for Logstash monitoring
and Monitoring Metricbeat.