# Elasticsearch-7.8.0 user authentication implementation

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-7-8-0-user-authentication-implementation/241456>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Tags:** elastic-stack-security\
**Created:** [July 16, 2020, 12:32pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-7-8-0-user-authentication-implementation/241456 "2020-07-16T12:32:17Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![Ashok\_Reddy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/ashok_reddy/32/45618_2.png) [@Ashok\_Reddy](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Ashok_Reddy)\
**Post date:** [July 16, 2020, 12:32pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-7-8-0-user-authentication-implementation/241456/1 "2020-07-16T12:32:17Z")

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Hello There,

I am using elasticsearch 7.8.0, I want to implement the user authentication . is it possible to implement only user authentication without SSL enabled ( I don't want to enable ssl transport layer) ?

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**Author:** ![ylasri](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/ylasri/32/86120_2.png) [@ylasri](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ylasri)\
**Post date:** [July 16, 2020, 1:01pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-7-8-0-user-authentication-implementation/241456/2 "2020-07-16T13:01:59Z")

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Yes, you can :

```
1- Add xpack.security.enabled: true to elasticsearch.yml
2- Start your node (or cluster)
3- Use bin/elasticsearch-setup-passwords interactive|auto to add built-in users
```

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**Author:** ![Ashok\_Reddy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/ashok_reddy/32/45618_2.png) [@Ashok\_Reddy](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Ashok_Reddy)\
**Post date:** [July 16, 2020, 1:22pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-7-8-0-user-authentication-implementation/241456/3 "2020-07-16T13:22:45Z")

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@ylasri Thanks for quick response, I have done what you suggested But still I am getting error

```auto
[2020-07-16T13:18:56,036][INFO][o.e.n.Node] [elk] JVM home [/opt/elasticsearch/jdk]
[2020-07-16T13:18:56,037][INFO][o.e.n.Node] [elk] JVM arguments [-Xshare:auto, -Des.networkaddress.cache.ttl=60, -Des.networkaddress.cache.negative.ttl=10, -XX:+AlwaysPreTouch, -Xss1m, -Djava.awt.headless=true, -Dfile.encoding=UTF-8, -Djna.nosys=true, -XX:-OmitStackTraceInFastThrow, -XX:+ShowCodeDetailsInExceptionMessages, -Dio.netty.noUnsafe=true, -Dio.netty.noKeySetOptimization=true, -Dio.netty.recycler.maxCapacityPerThread=0, -Dio.netty.allocator.numDirectArenas=0, -Dlog4j.shutdownHookEnabled=false, -Dlog4j2.disable.jmx=true, -Djava.locale.providers=SPI,COMPAT, -Xms1g, -Xmx1g, -XX:+UseG1GC, -XX:G1ReservePercent=25, -XX:InitiatingHeapOccupancyPercent=30, -Djava.io.tmpdir=/tmp/elasticsearch-6671807583969167959, -XX:+HeapDumpOnOutOfMemoryError, -XX:HeapDumpPath=data, -XX:ErrorFile=logs/hs_err_pid%p.log, -Xlog:gc*,gc+age=trace,safepoint:file=logs/gc.log:utctime,pid,tags:filecount=32,filesize=64m, -XX:MaxDirectMemorySize=536870912, -Des.path.home=/opt/elasticsearch, -Des.path.conf=/etc/elasticsearch, -Des.distribution.flavor=default, -Des.distribution.type=tar, -Des.bundled_jdk=true]
[2020-07-16T13:18:58,380][INFO][o.e.p.PluginsService] [elk] loaded module [aggs-matrix-stats]
[2020-07-16T13:18:58,381][INFO][o.e.p.PluginsService] [elk] loaded module [analysis-common]
[2020-07-16T13:18:58,381][INFO][o.e.p.PluginsService] [elk] loaded module [constant-keyword]
[2020-07-16T13:18:58,381][INFO][o.e.p.PluginsService] [elk] loaded module [flattened]
[2020-07-16T13:18:58,382][INFO][o.e.p.PluginsService] [elk] loaded module [frozen-indices]
[2020-07-16T13:18:58,382][INFO][o.e.p.PluginsService] [elk] loaded module [ingest-common]
[2020-07-16T13:18:58,382][INFO][o.e.p.PluginsService] [elk] loaded module [ingest-geoip]
[2020-07-16T13:18:58,383][INFO][o.e.p.PluginsService] [elk] loaded module [ingest-user-agent]
[2020-07-16T13:18:58,383][INFO][o.e.p.PluginsService] [elk] loaded module [kibana]
[2020-07-16T13:18:58,383][INFO][o.e.p.PluginsService] [elk] loaded module [lang-expression]
[2020-07-16T13:18:58,383][INFO][o.e.p.PluginsService] [elk] loaded module [lang-mustache]
[2020-07-16T13:18:58,384][INFO][o.e.p.PluginsService] [elk] loaded module [lang-painless]
[2020-07-16T13:18:58,384][INFO][o.e.p.PluginsService] [elk] loaded module [mapper-extras]
[2020-07-16T13:18:58,384][INFO][o.e.p.PluginsService] [elk] loaded module [parent-join]
[2020-07-16T13:18:58,384][INFO][o.e.p.PluginsService] [elk] loaded module [percolator]
[2020-07-16T13:18:58,385][INFO][o.e.p.PluginsService] [elk] loaded module [rank-eval]
[2020-07-16T13:18:58,385][INFO][o.e.p.PluginsService] [elk] loaded module [reindex]
[2020-07-16T13:18:58,385][INFO][o.e.p.PluginsService] [elk] loaded module [repository-url]
[2020-07-16T13:18:58,385][INFO][o.e.p.PluginsService] [elk] loaded module [search-business-rules]
[2020-07-16T13:18:58,386][INFO][o.e.p.PluginsService] [elk] loaded module [searchable-snapshots]
[2020-07-16T13:18:58,386][INFO][o.e.p.PluginsService] [elk] loaded module [spatial]
[2020-07-16T13:18:58,387][INFO][o.e.p.PluginsService] [elk] loaded module [tasks]
[2020-07-16T13:18:58,387][INFO][o.e.p.PluginsService] [elk] loaded module [transform]
[2020-07-16T13:18:58,387][INFO][o.e.p.PluginsService] [elk] loaded module [transport-netty4]
[2020-07-16T13:18:58,388][INFO][o.e.p.PluginsService] [elk] loaded module [vectors]
[2020-07-16T13:18:58,388][INFO][o.e.p.PluginsService] [elk] loaded module [x-pack-analytics]
[2020-07-16T13:18:58,388][INFO][o.e.p.PluginsService] [elk] loaded module [x-pack-async-search]
[2020-07-16T13:18:58,388][INFO][o.e.p.PluginsService] [elk] loaded module [x-pack-autoscaling]
[2020-07-16T13:18:58,388][INFO][o.e.p.PluginsService] [elk] loaded module [x-pack-ccr]
[2020-07-16T13:18:58,389][INFO][o.e.p.PluginsService] [elk] loaded module [x-pack-core]
[2020-07-16T13:18:58,389][INFO][o.e.p.PluginsService] [elk] loaded module [x-pack-deprecation]
[2020-07-16T13:18:58,389][INFO][o.e.p.PluginsService] [elk] loaded module [x-pack-enrich]
[2020-07-16T13:18:58,389][INFO][o.e.p.PluginsService] [elk] loaded module [x-pack-eql]
[2020-07-16T13:18:58,390][INFO][o.e.p.PluginsService] [elk] loaded module [x-pack-graph]
[2020-07-16T13:18:58,390][INFO][o.e.p.PluginsService] [elk] loaded module [x-pack-identity-provider]
[2020-07-16T13:18:58,390][INFO][o.e.p.PluginsService] [elk] loaded module [x-pack-ilm]
[2020-07-16T13:18:58,390][INFO][o.e.p.PluginsService] [elk] loaded module [x-pack-logstash]
[2020-07-16T13:18:58,391][INFO][o.e.p.PluginsService] [elk] loaded module [x-pack-ml]
[2020-07-16T13:18:58,391][INFO][o.e.p.PluginsService] [elk] loaded module [x-pack-monitoring]
[2020-07-16T13:18:58,391][INFO][o.e.p.PluginsService] [elk] loaded module [x-pack-ql]
[2020-07-16T13:18:58,391][INFO][o.e.p.PluginsService] [elk] loaded module [x-pack-rollup]
[2020-07-16T13:18:58,391][INFO][o.e.p.PluginsService] [elk] loaded module [x-pack-security]
[2020-07-16T13:18:58,392][INFO][o.e.p.PluginsService] [elk] loaded module [x-pack-sql]
[2020-07-16T13:18:58,392][INFO][o.e.p.PluginsService] [elk] loaded module [x-pack-voting-only-node]
[2020-07-16T13:18:58,392][INFO][o.e.p.PluginsService] [elk] loaded module [x-pack-watcher]
[2020-07-16T13:18:58,393][INFO][o.e.p.PluginsService] [elk] no plugins loaded
[2020-07-16T13:18:58,440][INFO][o.e.e.NodeEnvironment] [elk] using [1] data paths, mounts [[/var/lib/elasticsearch (/dev/nvme1n1p2)]], net usable_space [67.5gb], net total_space [138.7gb], types [xfs]
[2020-07-16T13:18:58,441][INFO][o.e.e.NodeEnvironment] [elk] heap size [1gb], compressed ordinary object pointers [true]
[2020-07-16T13:18:58,551][INFO][o.e.n.Node] [elk] node name [elk], node ID [bsC-uZtQSpCEHSv9abKoPA], cluster name [elasticsearch]
[2020-07-16T13:19:02,979][INFO][o.e.x.m.p.l.CppLogMessageHandler] [elk] [controller/1194] [Main.cc@110] controller (64 bit): Version 7.8.0 (Build 58ff6912e20047) Copyright (c) 2020 Elasticsearch BV
[2020-07-16T13:19:03,728][INFO][o.e.d.DiscoveryModule] [elk] using discovery type [zen] and seed hosts providers [settings]
[2020-07-16T13:19:04,641][INFO][o.e.n.Node] [elk] initialized
[2020-07-16T13:19:04,641][INFO][o.e.n.Node] [elk] starting ...
[2020-07-16T13:19:04,778][INFO][o.e.t.TransportService] [elk] publish_address {172.17.0.2:9300}, bound_addresses {0.0.0.0:9300}
[2020-07-16T13:19:05,069][INFO][o.e.b.BootstrapChecks] [elk] bound or publishing to a non-loopback address, enforcing bootstrap checks
[2020-07-16T13:19:05,103][ERROR][o.e.b.Bootstrap] [elk] node validation exception
[1] bootstrap checks failed
[1]: Transport SSL must be enabled if security is enabled on a [basic] license. Please set [xpack.security.transport.ssl.enabled] to [true] or disable security by setting [xpack.security.enabled] to [false]
[2020-07-16T13:19:05,105][INFO][o.e.n.Node] [elk] stopping ...
[2020-07-16T13:19:05,116][INFO][o.e.n.Node] [elk] stopped
[2020-07-16T13:19:05,116][INFO][o.e.n.Node] [elk] closing ...
[2020-07-16T13:19:05,131][INFO][o.e.n.Node] [elk] closed
[2020-07-16T13:19:05,133][INFO][o.e.x.m.p.NativeController] [elk] Native controller process has stopped - no new native processes can be started

```

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**Author:** ![ylasri](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/ylasri/32/86120_2.png) [@ylasri](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ylasri)\
**Post date:** [July 16, 2020, 1:51pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-7-8-0-user-authentication-implementation/241456/4 "2020-07-16T13:51:03Z")

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Try to add `discovery.type: single-node` in `elasticsearch.yml` if your cluster is 1 node  
Check it [here](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/bootstrap-checks.html) , ES use some bootsrap checks when you try to bind to an IP adresse, it force production checks ...

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**Author:** ![Ashok\_Reddy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/ashok_reddy/32/45618_2.png) [@Ashok\_Reddy](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Ashok_Reddy)\
**Post date:** [July 16, 2020, 2:11pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-7-8-0-user-authentication-implementation/241456/5 "2020-07-16T14:11:40Z")

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@ylasri Thank you so much, It's worked . One last question.

I am using single node docker container, when I try to access elasticsearch api It'a asking user authentication, where can I find the default elastic user password?

I have passed a password as variable to elk container, but password is not working

```auto
docker run -dti -p 5044:5044 -p 8003:5601 -e ELASTIC_PASSWORD=password elk:7.8

```

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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:** [August 13, 2020, 2:12pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-7-8-0-user-authentication-implementation/241456/6 "2020-08-13T14:12:01Z")

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