# Elasticsearch username and password

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-username-and-password/60018>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [September 7, 2016, 9:13pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-username-and-password/60018 "2016-09-07T21:13:04Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Jose\_Campos](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/jose_campos/32/11259_2.png) [@Jose\_Campos](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Jose_Campos)\
**Post date:** [September 7, 2016, 9:13pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-username-and-password/60018/1 "2016-09-07T21:13:04Z")

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Hi there

Someone can help me with this issue?

[security\_exception] action [cluster:monitor/nodes/info] requires authentication, with: {"header":{"WWW-Authenticate":"Basic realm="shield""}}

This is happening in the elasticsearch plugin.

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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:** [September 7, 2016, 9:24pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-username-and-password/60018/2 "2016-09-07T21:24:54Z")

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You probably installed shield so you need now to authenticate or remove the plugin.

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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, 10:21pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-username-and-password/60018/3 "2017-07-05T22:21:57Z")

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