# Curator with shield-enabled cluster - Password in clear text

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/curator-with-shield-enabled-cluster-password-in-clear-text/35551>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [November 25, 2015, 12:45pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/curator-with-shield-enabled-cluster-password-in-clear-text/35551 "2015-11-25T12:45:16Z")\
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**Author:** ![manju.nirmal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ed655f/32.png) [@manju.nirmal](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/manju.nirmal)\
**Post date:** [November 25, 2015, 12:45pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/curator-with-shield-enabled-cluster-password-in-clear-text/35551/1 "2015-11-25T12:45:16Z")

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Hi,

We have a three node shield-enabled ES cluster in INT environment. The curator script packed into a cron job would however have the admin password in clear text. Is there any other way to run the script without having to expose the password this way?

Thanks for your thoughts on this.  
Manju

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**Author:** ![theuntergeek](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/theuntergeek/32/44961_2.png) [@theuntergeek](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/theuntergeek)\
**Post date:** [November 25, 2015, 4:06pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/curator-with-shield-enabled-cluster-password-in-clear-text/35551/2 "2015-11-25T16:06:11Z")

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Unfortunately not, with the current release of Curator.

If you'd like to add a ticket to support this, please do so at [https://github.com/elastic/curator](https://github.com/elastic/curator)

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**Author:** ![manju.nirmal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ed655f/32.png) [@manju.nirmal](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/manju.nirmal)\
**Post date:** [November 26, 2015, 2:39pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/curator-with-shield-enabled-cluster-password-in-clear-text/35551/3 "2015-11-26T14:39:52Z")

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Thanks for your reply. I have raised a ticket for this.

> <https://github.com/elastic/curator/issues/516>

Manju

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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:** [July 5, 2017, 11:35pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/curator-with-shield-enabled-cluster-password-in-clear-text/35551/4 "2017-07-05T23:35:34Z")

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