# Failed to setup password in APM\_SYSTEM in 7.16

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/failed-to-setup-password-in-apm-system-in-7-16/293815>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Tags:** elastic-stack-security\
**Created:** [January 9, 2022, 2:37am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/failed-to-setup-password-in-apm-system-in-7-16/293815 "2022-01-09T02:37:18Z")\
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**Author:** ![vijay\_kaali](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/vijay_kaali/32/59998_2.png) [@vijay\_kaali](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/vijay_kaali)\
**Post date:** [January 9, 2022, 2:37am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/failed-to-setup-password-in-apm-system-in-7-16/293815/1 "2022-01-09T02:37:18Z")

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How to setup basic + tls security in Elasticsearch  
i am following [Set up minimal security for Elasticsearch | Elasticsearch Guide [7.16] | Elastic](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/security-minimal-setup.html)  
my elk was in 7.12 with "xpack.security.enabled" to true and discovery zen properties.  
after upgrading to 7.16 due to log4j . it throws deprecated discovery parameters  
I have replaced discovery.zen\* with discovery.seed\_hosts & cluster.initial\_master\_nodes master nodes  
and but not able to access kibana .

i tried to setup from initial but could not succeed

1. xpack.security.enabled= true and elk not starting  
saying "xpack.security.transport.ssl.enabled: true" to be set.
2. set both xpack.security.transport.ssl.enabled: true & xpack.security.enabled= true  
tried setup passwords as per basic security.  
a. got " fail to setup password on [apm\_system]  
b. while trying \_cat/health , got "missing credentials"

what is missing here

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**Author:** ![vijay\_kaali](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/vijay_kaali/32/59998_2.png) [@vijay\_kaali](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/vijay_kaali)\
**Post date:** [January 13, 2022, 1:29pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/failed-to-setup-password-in-apm-system-in-7-16/293815/2 "2022-01-13T13:29:48Z")

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is there anybody to help on this

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**Author:** ![vijay\_kaali](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/vijay_kaali/32/59998_2.png) [@vijay\_kaali](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/vijay_kaali)\
**Post date:** [February 2, 2022, 5:29pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/failed-to-setup-password-in-apm-system-in-7-16/293815/3 "2022-02-02T17:29:16Z")

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@warkolm hi could you please help on this ?

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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 2, 2022, 5:30pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/failed-to-setup-password-in-apm-system-in-7-16/293815/4 "2022-03-02T17:30:10Z")

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