Failed to retrieve password hash for reserved user [elastic]

Elastic Stack Elasticsearch
1

I have verified the password of user elastic.

curl -k -u elastic 'https://localhost:9200/_xpack/security/_authenticate?pretty'
Enter host password for user 'elastic':
{
  "username" : "elastic",
  "roles" : [
    "superuser"
  ],
  "full_name" : null,
  "email" : null,
  "metadata" : {
    "_reserved" : true
  },
  "enabled" : true,
  "authentication_realm" : {
    "name" : "reserved",
    "type" : "reserved"
  },
  "lookup_realm" : {
    "name" : "reserved",
    "type" : "reserved"
  },
  "authentication_type" : "realm"
}

But after I restart Elasticsearch service, the log file has error:

failed to retrieve password hash for reserved user [elastic]
org.elasticsearch.action.UnavailableShardsException: at least one primary shard for the index [.security-7] is unavailable
Authentication of [elastic] was terminated by realm [reserved] - failed to authenticate user [elastic]

How do I need to check the configuration? Thanks

2

What's the health of the cluster?
What do the Elasticsearch logs show?

3

Hi Mark, here is the cluster health (single node):

{
  "cluster_name" : "endpoint",
  "status" : "yellow",
  "timed_out" : false,
  "number_of_nodes" : 1,
  "number_of_data_nodes" : 1,
  "active_primary_shards" : 3,
  "active_shards" : 3,
  "relocating_shards" : 0,
  "initializing_shards" : 0,
  "unassigned_shards" : 1,
  "delayed_unassigned_shards" : 0,
  "number_of_pending_tasks" : 0,
  "number_of_in_flight_fetch" : 0,
  "task_max_waiting_in_queue_millis" : 0,
  "active_shards_percent_as_number" : 75.0
}
4

And also the error in ES log:

[2021-10-12T13:57:36,401][ERROR][o.e.x.s.a.e.ReservedRealm] [cvrslog3] failed to retrieve password hash for reserved user [elastic]
org.elasticsearch.action.UnavailableShardsException: at least one primary shard for the index [.security-7] is unavailable
	at org.elasticsearch.xpack.security.support.SecurityIndexManager.getUnavailableReason(SecurityIndexManager.java:148) ~[x-pack-security-7.14.1.jar:7.14.1]
	at org.elasticsearch.xpack.security.authc.esnative.NativeUsersStore.getReservedUserInfo(NativeUsersStore.java:492) [x-pack-security-7.14.1.jar:7.14.1]
	at org.elasticsearch.xpack.security.authc.esnative.ReservedRealm.getUserInfo(ReservedRealm.java:220) [x-pack-security-7.14.1.jar:7.14.1]
	at org.elasticsearch.xpack.security.authc.esnative.ReservedRealm.doAuthenticate(ReservedRealm.java:96) [x-pack-security-7.14.1.jar:7.14.1]
	at org.elasticsearch.xpack.security.authc.support.CachingUsernamePasswordRealm.authenticateWithCache(CachingUsernamePasswordRealm.java:188) [x-pack-security-7.14.1.jar:7.14.1]
	at org.elasticsearch.xpack.security.authc.support.CachingUsernamePasswordRealm.authenticate(CachingUsernamePasswordRealm.java:105) [x-pack-security-7.14.1.jar:7.14.1]
	at org.elasticsearch.xpack.security.authc.AuthenticationService$Authenticator.lambda$consumeToken$17(AuthenticationService.java:478) [x-pack-security-7.14.1.jar:7.14.1]
	at org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.common.IteratingActionListener.run(IteratingActionListener.java:103) [x-pack-core-7.14.1.jar:7.14.1]
	at org.elasticsearch.xpack.security.authc.AuthenticationService$Authenticator.consumeToken(AuthenticationService.java:533) [x-pack-security-7.14.1.jar:7.14.1]
	at org.elasticsearch.xpack.security.authc.AuthenticationService$Authenticator.lambda$extractToken$13(AuthenticationService.java:445) [x-pack-security-7.14.1.jar:7.14.1]
	at org.elasticsearch.xpack.security.authc.AuthenticationService$Authenticator.extractToken(AuthenticationService.java:455) [x-pack-security-7.14.1.jar:7.14.1]
	at org.elasticsearch.xpack.security.authc.AuthenticationService$Authenticator.lambda$checkForApiKey$5(AuthenticationService.java:396) [x-pack-security-7.14.1.jar:7.14.1]
	at org.elasticsearch.action.ActionListener$1.onResponse(ActionListener.java:134) [elasticsearch-7.14.1.jar:7.14.1]
	at org.elasticsearch.xpack.security.authc.ApiKeyService.authenticateWithApiKeyIfPresent(ApiKeyService.java:435) [x-pack-security-7.14.1.jar:7.14.1]
	at org.elasticsearch.xpack.security.authc.AuthenticationService$Authenticator.checkForApiKey(AuthenticationService.java:377) [x-pack-security-7.14.1.jar:7.14.1]
	at org.elasticsearch.xpack.security.authc.AuthenticationService$Authenticator.lambda$checkForBearerToken$3(AuthenticationService.java:361) [x-pack-security-7.14.1.jar:7.14.1]
	at org.elasticsearch.action.ActionListener$1.onResponse(ActionListener.java:134) [elasticsearch-7.14.1.jar:7.14.1]
	at org.elasticsearch.xpack.security.authc.TokenService.tryAuthenticateToken(TokenService.java:393) [x-pack-security-7.14.1.jar:7.14.1]
	at org.elasticsearch.xpack.security.authc.AuthenticationService$Authenticator.checkForBearerToken(AuthenticationService.java:357) [x-pack-security-7.14.1.jar:7.14.1]
	at org.elasticsearch.xpack.security.authc.AuthenticationService$Authenticator.lambda$authenticateAsync$0(AuthenticationService.java:338) [x-pack-security-7.14.1.jar:7.14.1]
	at org.elasticsearch.xpack.security.authc.AuthenticationService$Authenticator.lambda$lookForExistingAuthentication$8(AuthenticationService.java:414) [x-pack-security-7.14.1.jar:7.14.1]
	at org.elasticsearch.xpack.security.authc.AuthenticationService$Authenticator.lookForExistingAuthentication(AuthenticationService.java:425) [x-pack-security-7.14.1.jar:7.14.1]
	at org.elasticsearch.xpack.security.authc.AuthenticationService$Authenticator.authenticateAsync(AuthenticationService.java:333) [x-pack-security-7.14.1.jar:7.14.1]
	at org.elasticsearch.xpack.security.authc.AuthenticationService$Authenticator.access$000(AuthenticationService.java:274) [x-pack-security-7.14.1.jar:7.14.1]
	at org.elasticsearch.xpack.security.authc.AuthenticationService.authenticate(AuthenticationService.java:152) [x-pack-security-7.14.1.jar:7.14.1]
	at org.elasticsearch.xpack.security.authc.AuthenticationService.authenticate(AuthenticationService.java:137) [x-pack-security-7.14.1.jar:7.14.1]
	at org.elasticsearch.xpack.security.rest.SecurityRestFilter.handleRequest(SecurityRestFilter.java:75) [x-pack-security-7.14.1.jar:7.14.1]
	at org.elasticsearch.rest.RestController.dispatchRequest(RestController.java:274) [elasticsearch-7.14.1.jar:7.14.1]
	at org.elasticsearch.rest.RestController.tryAllHandlers(RestController.java:356) [elasticsearch-7.14.1.jar:7.14.1]
	at org.elasticsearch.rest.RestController.dispatchRequest(RestController.java:195) [elasticsearch-7.14.1.jar:7.14.1]
	at org.elasticsearch.http.AbstractHttpServerTransport.dispatchRequest(AbstractHttpServerTransport.java:471) [elasticsearch-7.14.1.jar:7.14.1]
	at org.elasticsearch.http.AbstractHttpServerTransport.handleIncomingRequest(AbstractHttpServerTransport.java:536) [elasticsearch-7.14.1.jar:7.14.1]
	at org.elasticsearch.http.AbstractHttpServerTransport.incomingRequest(AbstractHttpServerTransport.java:398) [elasticsearch-7.14.1.jar:7.14.1]
	at org.elasticsearch.http.netty4.Netty4HttpRequestHandler.channelRead0(Netty4HttpRequestHandler.java:31) [transport-netty4-client-7.14.1.jar:7.14.1]
	at org.elasticsearch.http.netty4.Netty4HttpRequestHandler.channelRead0(Netty4HttpRequestHandler.java:17) [transport-netty4-client-7.14.1.jar:7.14.1]
	at io.netty.channel.SimpleChannelInboundHandler.channelRead(SimpleChannelInboundHandler.java:99) [netty-transport-4.1.49.Final.jar:4.1.49.Final]
	at io.netty.channel.AbstractChannelHandlerContext.invokeChannelRead(AbstractChannelHandlerContext.java:379) [netty-transport-4.1.49.Final.jar:4.1.49.Final]
	at io.netty.channel.AbstractChannelHandlerContext.invokeChannelRead(AbstractChannelHandlerContext.java:365) [netty-transport-4.1.49.Final.jar:4.1.49.Final]
	at io.netty.channel.AbstractChannelHandlerContext.fireChannelRead(AbstractChannelHandlerContext.java:357) [netty-transport-4.1.49.Final.jar:4.1.49.Final]
	at org.elasticsearch.http.netty4.Netty4HttpPipeliningHandler.channelRead(Netty4HttpPipeliningHandler.java:47) [transport-netty4-client-7.14.1.jar:7.14.1]
	at io.netty.channel.AbstractChannelHandlerContext.invokeChannelRead(AbstractChannelHandlerContext.java:379) [netty-transport-4.1.49.Final.jar:4.1.49.Final]
	at io.netty.channel.AbstractChannelHandlerContext.invokeChannelRead(AbstractChannelHandlerContext.java:365) [netty-transport-4.1.49.Final.jar:4.1.49.Final]
	at io.netty.channel.AbstractChannelHandlerContext.fireChannelRead(AbstractChannelHandlerContext.java:357) [netty-transport-4.1.49.Final.jar:4.1.49.Final]
	at io.netty.handler.codec.MessageToMessageDecoder.channelRead(MessageToMessageDecoder.java:103) [netty-codec-4.1.49.Final.jar:4.1.49.Final]
	at io.netty.channel.AbstractChannelHandlerContext.invokeChannelRead(AbstractChannelHandlerContext.java:379) [netty-transport-4.1.49.Final.jar:4.1.49.Final]
	at io.netty.channel.AbstractChannelHandlerContext.invokeChannelRead(AbstractChannelHandlerContext.java:365) [netty-transport-4.1.49.Final.jar:4.1.49.Final]
	at io.netty.channel.AbstractChannelHandlerContext.fireChannelRead(AbstractChannelHandlerContext.java:357) [netty-transport-4.1.49.Final.jar:4.1.49.Final]
	at io.netty.handler.codec.MessageToMessageDecoder.channelRead(MessageToMessageDecoder.java:103) [netty-codec-4.1.49.Final.jar:4.1.49.Final]
	at io.netty.channel.AbstractChannelHandlerContext.invokeChannelRead(AbstractChannelHandlerContext.java:379) [netty-transport-4.1.49.Final.jar:4.1.49.Final]
	at io.netty.channel.AbstractChannelHandlerContext.invokeChannelRead(AbstractChannelHandlerContext.java:365) [netty-transport-4.1.49.Final.jar:4.1.49.Final]
	at io.netty.channel.AbstractChannelHandlerContext.fireChannelRead(AbstractChannelHandlerContext.java:357) [netty-transport-4.1.49.Final.jar:4.1.49.Final]
	at io.netty.handler.codec.MessageToMessageDecoder.channelRead(MessageToMessageDecoder.java:103) [netty-codec-4.1.49.Final.jar:4.1.49.Final]
	at io.netty.channel.AbstractChannelHandlerContext.invokeChannelRead(AbstractChannelHandlerContext.java:379) [netty-transport-4.1.49.Final.jar:4.1.49.Final]
	at io.netty.channel.AbstractChannelHandlerContext.invokeChannelRead(AbstractChannelHandlerContext.java:365) [netty-transport-4.1.49.Final.jar:4.1.49.Final]
	at io.netty.channel.AbstractChannelHandlerContext.fireChannelRead(AbstractChannelHandlerContext.java:357) [netty-transport-4.1.49.Final.jar:4.1.49.Final]
	at io.netty.handler.codec.ByteToMessageDecoder.fireChannelRead(ByteToMessageDecoder.java:324) [netty-codec-4.1.49.Final.jar:4.1.49.Final]
	at io.netty.handler.codec.ByteToMessageDecoder.channelRead(ByteToMessageDecoder.java:296) [netty-codec-4.1.49.Final.jar:4.1.49.Final]
	at io.netty.channel.AbstractChannelHandlerContext.invokeChannelRead(AbstractChannelHandlerContext.java:379) [netty-transport-4.1.49.Final.jar:4.1.49.Final]
	at io.netty.channel.AbstractChannelHandlerContext.invokeChannelRead(AbstractChannelHandlerContext.java:365) [netty-transport-4.1.49.Final.jar:4.1.49.Final]
	at io.netty.channel.AbstractChannelHandlerContext.fireChannelRead(AbstractChannelHandlerContext.java:357) [netty-transport-4.1.49.Final.jar:4.1.49.Final]
	at io.netty.handler.timeout.IdleStateHandler.channelRead(IdleStateHandler.java:286) [netty-handler-4.1.49.Final.jar:4.1.49.Final]
	at io.netty.channel.AbstractChannelHandlerContext.invokeChannelRead(AbstractChannelHandlerContext.java:379) [netty-transport-4.1.49.Final.jar:4.1.49.Final]
	at io.netty.channel.AbstractChannelHandlerContext.invokeChannelRead(AbstractChannelHandlerContext.java:365) [netty-transport-4.1.49.Final.jar:4.1.49.Final]
	at io.netty.channel.AbstractChannelHandlerContext.fireChannelRead(AbstractChannelHandlerContext.java:357) [netty-transport-4.1.49.Final.jar:4.1.49.Final]
	at io.netty.handler.codec.MessageToMessageDecoder.channelRead(MessageToMessageDecoder.java:103) [netty-codec-4.1.49.Final.jar:4.1.49.Final]
	at io.netty.channel.AbstractChannelHandlerContext.invokeChannelRead(AbstractChannelHandlerContext.java:379) [netty-transport-4.1.49.Final.jar:4.1.49.Final]
	at io.netty.channel.AbstractChannelHandlerContext.invokeChannelRead(AbstractChannelHandlerContext.java:365) [netty-transport-4.1.49.Final.jar:4.1.49.Final]
	at io.netty.channel.AbstractChannelHandlerContext.fireChannelRead(AbstractChannelHandlerContext.java:357) [netty-transport-4.1.49.Final.jar:4.1.49.Final]
	at io.netty.handler.ssl.SslHandler.unwrap(SslHandler.java:1518) [netty-handler-4.1.49.Final.jar:4.1.49.Final]
	at io.netty.handler.ssl.SslHandler.decodeJdkCompatible(SslHandler.java:1267) [netty-handler-4.1.49.Final.jar:4.1.49.Final]
	at io.netty.handler.ssl.SslHandler.decode(SslHandler.java:1314) [netty-handler-4.1.49.Final.jar:4.1.49.Final]
	at io.netty.handler.codec.ByteToMessageDecoder.decodeRemovalReentryProtection(ByteToMessageDecoder.java:501) [netty-codec-4.1.49.Final.jar:4.1.49.Final]
	at io.netty.handler.codec.ByteToMessageDecoder.callDecode(ByteToMessageDecoder.java:440) [netty-codec-4.1.49.Final.jar:4.1.49.Final]
	at io.netty.handler.codec.ByteToMessageDecoder.channelRead(ByteToMessageDecoder.java:276) [netty-codec-4.1.49.Final.jar:4.1.49.Final]
	at io.netty.channel.AbstractChannelHandlerContext.invokeChannelRead(AbstractChannelHandlerContext.java:379) [netty-transport-4.1.49.Final.jar:4.1.49.Final]
	at io.netty.channel.AbstractChannelHandlerContext.invokeChannelRead(AbstractChannelHandlerContext.java:365) [netty-transport-4.1.49.Final.jar:4.1.49.Final]
	at io.netty.channel.AbstractChannelHandlerContext.fireChannelRead(AbstractChannelHandlerContext.java:357) [netty-transport-4.1.49.Final.jar:4.1.49.Final]
	at io.netty.channel.DefaultChannelPipeline$HeadContext.channelRead(DefaultChannelPipeline.java:1410) [netty-transport-4.1.49.Final.jar:4.1.49.Final]
	at io.netty.channel.AbstractChannelHandlerContext.invokeChannelRead(AbstractChannelHandlerContext.java:379) [netty-transport-4.1.49.Final.jar:4.1.49.Final]
	at io.netty.channel.AbstractChannelHandlerContext.invokeChannelRead(AbstractChannelHandlerContext.java:365) [netty-transport-4.1.49.Final.jar:4.1.49.Final]
	at io.netty.channel.DefaultChannelPipeline.fireChannelRead(DefaultChannelPipeline.java:919) [netty-transport-4.1.49.Final.jar:4.1.49.Final]
5 
	at io.netty.channel.nio.AbstractNioByteChannel$NioByteUnsafe.read(AbstractNioByteChannel.java:163) [netty-transport-4.1.49.Final.jar:4.1.49.Final]
	at io.netty.channel.nio.NioEventLoop.processSelectedKey(NioEventLoop.java:714) [netty-transport-4.1.49.Final.jar:4.1.49.Final]
	at io.netty.channel.nio.NioEventLoop.processSelectedKeysPlain(NioEventLoop.java:615) [netty-transport-4.1.49.Final.jar:4.1.49.Final]
	at io.netty.channel.nio.NioEventLoop.processSelectedKeys(NioEventLoop.java:578) [netty-transport-4.1.49.Final.jar:4.1.49.Final]
	at io.netty.channel.nio.NioEventLoop.run(NioEventLoop.java:493) [netty-transport-4.1.49.Final.jar:4.1.49.Final]
	at io.netty.util.concurrent.SingleThreadEventExecutor$4.run(SingleThreadEventExecutor.java:989) [netty-common-4.1.49.Final.jar:4.1.49.Final]
	at io.netty.util.internal.ThreadExecutorMap$2.run(ThreadExecutorMap.java:74) [netty-common-4.1.49.Final.jar:4.1.49.Final]
	at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:831) [?:?]
[2021-10-12T13:57:36,421][INFO ][o.e.x.s.a.AuthenticationService] [cvrslog3] Authentication of [elastic] was terminated by realm [reserved] - failed to authenticate user [elastic]
6

Are you still getting that error? It looks like it shouldn't be happening as your cluster isn't in a red state, so that .security-7 index has an allocated primary shard.

7

I still have this issue. How should I handle the .security-7 index?

8

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