# Failed to run "elasticsearch-setup-passwords auto" on ES 7.16.2 **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Tags:** elastic-stack-security\ **Created:** [January 25, 2022, 8:21am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/failed-to-run-elasticsearch-setup-passwords-auto-on-es-7-16-2/295316 "2022-01-25T08:21:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![asagiv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c57346/32.png) [@asagiv](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/asagiv)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2022, 8:21am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/failed-to-run-elasticsearch-setup-passwords-auto-on-es-7-16-2/295316/1 "2022-01-25T08:21:08Z")
Hi I am trying to generate the users/password for the built-in users , and fail with the below errors. can someone help to understand the issue ? Regards Avi Failed to determine the health of the cluster running at [http://172.25.232.51:9200](http://172.25.232.51:9200) Unexpected response code [503] from calling GET [http://172.25.232.51:9200/\_cluster/health?pretty](http://172.25.232.51:9200/_cluster/health?pretty) Cause: master\_not\_discovered\_exception It is recommended that you resolve the issues with your cluster before running Elasticsearch-setup-passwords. It is very likely that the password changes will fail when run against an unhealthy cluster. Do you want to continue with the password setup process [y/N]y Initiating the setup of passwords for reserved users elastic,apm\_system,kibana,kibana\_system,logstash\_system,beats\_system,remote\_monitoring\_user. The passwords will be randomly generated and printed to the console. Please confirm that you would like to continue [y/N]y Unexpected response code [503] from calling PUT [http://172.25.232.51:9200/\_security/user/apm\_system/\_password?pretty](http://172.25.232.51:9200/_security/user/apm_system/_password?pretty) Cause: Cluster state has not been recovered yet, cannot write to the [null] index Possible next steps: - Try running this tool again. - Try running with the --verbose parameter for additional messages. - Check the Elasticsearch logs for additional error details. - Use the change password API manually. ERROR: Failed to set password for user [apm\_system]. ---
**Author:** ![warkolm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/warkolm/32/39224_2.png) [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2022, 2:45am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/failed-to-run-elasticsearch-setup-passwords-auto-on-es-7-16-2/295316/2 "2022-01-27T02:45:40Z")
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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:** [February 24, 2022, 2:46am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/failed-to-run-elasticsearch-setup-passwords-auto-on-es-7-16-2/295316/3 "2022-02-24T02:46:23Z")
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