# Filebeat keystore automation
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-keystore-automation/300243
**Category:** Beats
**Tags:** filebeat
**Created:** [March 21, 2022, 7:10pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-keystore-automation/300243 "2022-03-21T19:10:02Z")
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### Author:  [@craign30](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/craign30)
#### Post date: [March 21, 2022, 7:10pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-keystore-automation/300243/1 "2022-03-21T19:10:03Z")
Is it possible to automate the password entry when creating a filebeat keystore via PowerShell? I'm running the command '.\filebeat keystore add ES\_PWD', and when prompted to 'Enter value for ES\_PWD', I'd like this to automatically populate from a variable. I've tried running 'echo password | .\filebeat keystore add ES\_PWD', but received the error "could not read value from the input, error: The handle is invalid." Thank you
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [April 18, 2022, 9:10pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-keystore-automation/300243/2 "2022-04-18T21:10:20Z")
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