# How do I log back into Elastic after logging out? **URL:** \ **Category:** Elastic Training\ **Created:** [June 9, 2025, 3:45pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-do-i-log-back-into-elastic-after-logging-out/379008 "2025-06-09T15:45:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Donny\_B](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/donny_b/32/143582_2.png) [@Donny\_B](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Donny_B)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2025, 3:45pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-do-i-log-back-into-elastic-after-logging-out/379008/1 "2025-06-09T15:45:21Z")
Course: Elastic Security for SIEM (On-Demand) Version: ? Question: How do I log back into Elastic after logging out? I am on Lab 5 and ran into an error. I logged out to see if the error would fix itself; however now cant log back in as I'm not sure what credentials I should use. I am stuck on this screen: ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/8/4/84799c2905497779ccfb1d05b33858f0dd607aea.png) ---
**Author:** ![Nick\_Mezhir](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/nick_mezhir/32/113438_2.png) [@Nick\_Mezhir](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Nick_Mezhir)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2025, 3:58pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-do-i-log-back-into-elastic-after-logging-out/379008/2 "2025-06-09T15:58:02Z")
Hello! To get your login credentials for Kibana, in your command line interface ensure you are in your home directory by entering `cd` then type the command `cat credentials`. This should show something along the lines of `elastic : "RANDOM STRING PASSWORD"` the username will be elastic, the password will be what is inside the quotes, but not including the quotes. Hopefully this helps! ---
**Author:** ![Donny\_B](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/donny_b/32/143582_2.png) [@Donny\_B](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Donny_B)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2025, 4:16pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-do-i-log-back-into-elastic-after-logging-out/379008/3 "2025-06-09T16:16:49Z")
That's it thank you.