# Elasticsearch default credentials

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-default-credentials/221384>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [February 28, 2020, 8:19am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-default-credentials/221384 "2020-02-28T08:19:32Z")\
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**Author:** ![Amine\_Maalfi](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/amine_maalfi/32/62335_2.png) [@Amine\_Maalfi](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Amine_Maalfi)\
**Post date:** [February 28, 2020, 8:19am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-default-credentials/221384/1 "2020-02-28T08:19:32Z")

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Hello guys, i've found that the default credentials for ES are elastic:changeme but it's not working for me! am i missing something?  
the error :

```
{
    "error": {
        "root_cause": [
            {
                "type": "security_exception",
                "reason": "failed to authenticate user [elastic]",
                "header": {
                    "WWW-Authenticate": "Basic realm=\"security\" charset=\"UTF-8\""
                }
            }
        ],
        "type": "security_exception",
        "reason": "failed to authenticate user [elastic]",
        "header": {
            "WWW-Authenticate": "Basic realm=\"security\" charset=\"UTF-8\""
        }
    },
    "status": 401
}
```

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**Author:** ![ikakavas](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/ikakavas/32/34430_2.png) [@ikakavas](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ikakavas)\
**Post date:** [February 28, 2020, 9:52am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-default-credentials/221384/2 "2020-02-28T09:52:57Z")

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> [@Amine\_Maalfi](#):
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> i've found that the default credentials for ES are elastic:changeme

Hi there! Where did you find this ? You must be reading a very old resource as default credentials were removed in version 6.0. See [Configure security in Elasticsearch | Elasticsearch Guide [8.11] | Elastic](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/configuring-security.html) for how you can set the passwords for the builtin users after installation, and how you can create your own users after that.

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**Author:** ![Amine\_Maalfi](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/amine_maalfi/32/62335_2.png) [@Amine\_Maalfi](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Amine_Maalfi)\
**Post date:** [February 28, 2020, 9:55am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-default-credentials/221384/3 "2020-02-28T09:55:10Z")

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yes thank you i've just figured that out i must've read some old post!

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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:** [March 27, 2020, 10:07am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-default-credentials/221384/4 "2020-03-27T10:07:16Z")

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