# Configure Username and password

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/configure-username-and-password/328913>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Tags:** docker\
**Created:** [March 30, 2023, 9:26am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/configure-username-and-password/328913 "2023-03-30T09:26:53Z")\
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**Author:** ![ANUBHAV\_GUPTA](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/7ea924/32.png) [@ANUBHAV\_GUPTA](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ANUBHAV_GUPTA)\
**Post date:** [March 30, 2023, 9:26am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/configure-username-and-password/328913/1 "2023-03-30T09:26:54Z")

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How to configure the username and password while running elasticsearch in Docker without docker-compose.

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**Author:** ![dadoonet](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dadoonet/32/137187_2.png) [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)\
**Post date:** [March 30, 2023, 10:45am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/configure-username-and-password/328913/2 "2023-03-30T10:45:32Z")

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You need to pass the ELASTIC\_PASSWORD env variable.

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**Author:** ![ANUBHAV\_GUPTA](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/7ea924/32.png) [@ANUBHAV\_GUPTA](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ANUBHAV_GUPTA)\
**Post date:** [March 30, 2023, 12:56pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/configure-username-and-password/328913/3 "2023-03-30T12:56:30Z")

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Tried the following command :-  
sudo docker run --name els01 -p 9200:9200 -e discovery.type=single-node -e ELASTICSEARCH\_USERNAME=elastic -e ELASTICSEARCH\_PASSWORD=12345 -it [docker.elastic.co/elasticsearch/elasticsearch:8.6.2](http://docker.elastic.co/elasticsearch/elasticsearch:8.6.2).

But it is giving ERROR:-  
ERROR: Elasticsearch exited unexpectedly

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**Author:** ![dadoonet](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dadoonet/32/137187_2.png) [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)\
**Post date:** [March 30, 2023, 3:55pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/configure-username-and-password/328913/4 "2023-03-30T15:55:16Z")

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Did I write ELASTICSEARCH\_PASSWORD?

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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:** [March 30, 2023, 11:04pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/configure-username-and-password/328913/5 "2023-03-30T23:04:57Z")

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Welcome to our community! 😃

See also [Install Elasticsearch with Docker | Elasticsearch Guide [8.7] | Elastic](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/docker.html#_prepare_the_environment)

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**Author:** ![ANUBHAV\_GUPTA](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/7ea924/32.png) [@ANUBHAV\_GUPTA](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ANUBHAV_GUPTA)\
**Post date:** [March 31, 2023, 5:16am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/configure-username-and-password/328913/7 "2023-03-31T05:16:28Z")

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Yeah my bad, it's working thanks.  
Also I had one more question.  
Can we use python UDFs in kibana in order to transform the data queried from dev-tools console?

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**Author:** ![dadoonet](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dadoonet/32/137187_2.png) [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)\
**Post date:** [March 31, 2023, 9:11am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/configure-username-and-password/328913/8 "2023-03-31T09:11:47Z")

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That's another question. Please open a new discussion in #elastic-stack:kibana as it's unrelated to the current thread.

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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:** [April 28, 2023, 9:12am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/configure-username-and-password/328913/9 "2023-04-28T09:12:33Z")

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