# Can I set built-in users passwords in elasticsearch-keystore?
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-i-set-built-in-users-passwords-in-elasticsearch-keystore/197540
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Tags:** elastic-stack-security
**Created:** [August 30, 2019, 2:53pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-i-set-built-in-users-passwords-in-elasticsearch-keystore/197540 "2019-08-30T14:53:36Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author:  [@JanKowalik](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/JanKowalik)
#### Post date: [August 30, 2019, 2:53pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-i-set-built-in-users-passwords-in-elasticsearch-keystore/197540/1 "2019-08-30T14:53:36Z")
Hi,
Is it possible to set built-in user passwords in elasticsearch-keystore before ES starts up?
I know one can set the `bootstrap.password` in the keystore but what about passwords for elastic, kibana and other built-ins?
The Elastic Kubernetes Helm Chart seems to be doing the above here:
1. Creates a secret with elastic user credentials
[https://github.com/elastic/helm-charts/blob/master/elasticsearch/examples/config/Makefile](https://github.com/elastic/helm-charts/blob/master/elasticsearch/examples/config/Makefile)
2. Adds it to the keystore
[https://github.com/elastic/helm-charts/blob/1ad3826f26b4375b8935956d462f8777bd3c78a4/elasticsearch/templates/statefulset.yaml#L155](https://github.com/elastic/helm-charts/blob/1ad3826f26b4375b8935956d462f8777bd3c78a4/elasticsearch/templates/statefulset.yaml#L155)
I am not sure what keys and values are added there exactly, though.
My ElasticSearch version is 6.8.1
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Thanks in advance
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### Author:  [@ikakavas](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ikakavas)
#### Post date: [September 6, 2019, 2:28pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-i-set-built-in-users-passwords-in-elasticsearch-keystore/197540/2 "2019-09-06T14:28:10Z")
Hi,
As you have read in [our docs](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elastic-stack-overview/6.8/built-in-users.html) you can only set `bootstrap.password` in the elasticsearch keystore and this password only applies to the `elastic` user. Now that you can authenticate as `elastic` with the value of `bootstrap.password` as the password, you can use the [change passwords API](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/6.8/security-api-change-password.html) to set the password for the rest of the built-in users.
Hope this helps!
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### Author:  [@JanKowalik](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/JanKowalik)
#### Post date: [September 6, 2019, 2:54pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-i-set-built-in-users-passwords-in-elasticsearch-keystore/197540/3 "2019-09-06T14:54:26Z")
Thank you for your response.
Yeah, I looked through the docs, but I just thought I might have missed something obvious. I have used the approach you described now.
Kind regards.
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [October 4, 2019, 2:54pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-i-set-built-in-users-passwords-in-elasticsearch-keystore/197540/4 "2019-10-04T14:54:37Z")
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