# Disable default secret creating in kubernetes

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/disable-default-secret-creating-in-kubernetes/316196>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [October 10, 2022, 8:46am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/disable-default-secret-creating-in-kubernetes/316196 "2022-10-10T08:46:03Z")\
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**Author:** ![Norsu296](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/norsu296/32/111875_2.png) [@Norsu296](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Norsu296)\
**Post date:** [October 10, 2022, 8:46am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/disable-default-secret-creating-in-kubernetes/316196/1 "2022-10-10T08:46:03Z")

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Hi, how can I disable secret creating for elasticsearch? I'm using deployment with Kind: Elasticsearch and I want to use my own password but elastic is still recreating k8s password like elastic: password with name xyz-elastic-user. Is it possible to disable it? I found [helm-charts/values.yaml at main · elastic/helm-charts · GitHub](https://github.com/elastic/helm-charts/blob/main/elasticsearch/values.yaml#L60) but it doesn't work

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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:** [November 7, 2022, 8:46am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/disable-default-secret-creating-in-kubernetes/316196/2 "2022-11-07T08:46:08Z")

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