# After setup password other nodes not authenticating

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/after-setup-password-other-nodes-not-authenticating/231068>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Tags:** elastic-stack-security\
**Created:** [May 5, 2020, 3:35am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/after-setup-password-other-nodes-not-authenticating/231068 "2020-05-05T03:35:25Z")\
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**Author:** ![vijay\_kaali](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/vijay_kaali/32/59998_2.png) [@vijay\_kaali](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/vijay_kaali)\
**Post date:** [May 5, 2020, 3:35am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/after-setup-password-other-nodes-not-authenticating/231068/1 "2020-05-05T03:35:25Z")

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i have elk cluster recently upgraded to 7 from 6.5.  
for enabling security i did

1. set following and restart all nodes  
xpack.security.enabled: true  
xpack.security.transport.ssl.enabled: true

2. generated interactive passwords on node2

i am able to connect /authetic in node2 where i ran setup-password .  
curl -u elastic '[http://hostname:9200/\_xpack/security/\_authenticate?pretty](http://hostname:9200/_xpack/security/_authenticate?pretty)'

but other nodes and kibana nodes throwing // [security\_exception] failed to authenticate user [elastic] //

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**Author:** ![KoettingSimon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ba9def/32.png) [@KoettingSimon](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/KoettingSimon)\
**Post date:** [May 5, 2020, 5:02am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/after-setup-password-other-nodes-not-authenticating/231068/2 "2020-05-05T05:02:13Z")

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Hi,  
Have a look at this guide: [https://www.elastic.co/blog/getting-started-with-elasticsearch-security](https://www.elastic.co/blog/getting-started-with-elasticsearch-security) (Chapter: Configure TLS and authentication)  
You need to configure the certificates on all nodes.

Regards,  
Simon

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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:** [June 2, 2020, 5:02am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/after-setup-password-other-nodes-not-authenticating/231068/3 "2020-06-02T05:02:20Z")

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