# Heartbeat monitor: use of heartbeat secret store

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/heartbeat-monitor-use-of-heartbeat-secret-store/247770>\
**Category:** Beats\
**Tags:** heartbeat\
**Created:** [September 7, 2020, 11:53am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/heartbeat-monitor-use-of-heartbeat-secret-store/247770 "2020-09-07T11:53:20Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![pawarrchetan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/6de8d8/32.png) [@pawarrchetan](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/pawarrchetan)\
**Post date:** [September 7, 2020, 11:53am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/heartbeat-monitor-use-of-heartbeat-secret-store/247770/1 "2020-09-07T11:53:20Z")

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I would like to use the heartbeat secret store to specify passwords for my https request.

I tried testing this option with the `username` and `password` fields in the monitor configuration.  
However the Uptime is reported as `down`.  
Is this even possible ?

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**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:** [September 7, 2020, 10:02pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/heartbeat-monitor-use-of-heartbeat-secret-store/247770/2 "2020-09-07T22:02:51Z")

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It'd be useful if you shared the commands you used to create the entries in the store, along with the config file that references the entries.

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**Author:** ![pawarrchetan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/6de8d8/32.png) [@pawarrchetan](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/pawarrchetan)\
**Post date:** [September 9, 2020, 6:19am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/heartbeat-monitor-use-of-heartbeat-secret-store/247770/3 "2020-09-09T06:19:04Z")

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Hello @warkolm  
I made a syntax error by introducing Control-M character while copying.  
The issue is now resolved.

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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:** [October 7, 2020, 8:19am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/heartbeat-monitor-use-of-heartbeat-secret-store/247770/4 "2020-10-07T08:19:11Z")

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