# 401 Error : missing authentication credentials : elasticsearch version 7.6.2

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/401-error-missing-authentication-credentials-elasticsearch-version-7-6-2/324618>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Tags:** elastic-stack-security, docker\
**Created:** [February 3, 2023, 8:42am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/401-error-missing-authentication-credentials-elasticsearch-version-7-6-2/324618 "2023-02-03T08:42:13Z")\
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**Author:** ![abhay14](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d9b06d/32.png) [@abhay14](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/abhay14)\
**Post date:** [February 3, 2023, 8:42am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/401-error-missing-authentication-credentials-elasticsearch-version-7-6-2/324618/1 "2023-02-03T08:42:13Z")

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I have followed the below wiki to enable the basic authentication Elastic verion 7.6

> **[Install Elasticsearch with Docker | Elasticsearch Guide \[8.6\] | Elastic](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/docker.html#docker-file)**

I am not sure how to configure default the username and password so  
But I am getting the error ,  
curl -s --cacert config/certs/ca/ca.crt [http://elasticsearch:9200](http://elasticsearch:9200)  
{"error":{"root\_cause":[{"type":"security\_exception","reason":"missing authentication credentials for REST request [/]","header":{"WWW-Authenticate":"Basic realm="security" charset="UTF-8""}}],"type":"security\_exception","reason":"missing authentication credentials for REST request [/]","header":{"WWW-Authenticat

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [February 3, 2023, 8:42am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/401-error-missing-authentication-credentials-elasticsearch-version-7-6-2/324618/2 "2023-02-03T08:42:39Z")

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elasticsearch version 7.6 is [EOL](https://www.elastic.co/support/eol) and no longer supported. Please upgrade ASAP.

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**Author:** ![warkolm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/warkolm/32/39224_2.png) [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)\
**Post date:** [February 5, 2023, 10:18pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/401-error-missing-authentication-credentials-elasticsearch-version-7-6-2/324618/3 "2023-02-05T22:18:30Z")

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Are you using 7.6 or 8.6?

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [March 5, 2023, 10:18pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/401-error-missing-authentication-credentials-elasticsearch-version-7-6-2/324618/4 "2023-03-05T22:18:56Z")

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