# How to change Default Passwords?

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-change-default-passwords/72389>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [January 22, 2017, 12:35pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-change-default-passwords/72389 "2017-01-22T12:35:07Z")\
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**Author:** ![madhu1512](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3bc359/32.png) [@madhu1512](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/madhu1512)\
**Post date:** [January 22, 2017, 12:35pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-change-default-passwords/72389/1 "2017-01-22T12:35:07Z")

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How to change default passwords for elastic and kibana users with in the elasticsearch docker image itself?

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**Author:** ![dakrone](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dakrone/32/23351_2.png) [@dakrone](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dakrone)\
**Post date:** [January 23, 2017, 5:58pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-change-default-passwords/72389/2 "2017-01-23T17:58:31Z")

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Once ES is started, you can change it with the first curl commands seen here:

[https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/x-pack/5.1/security-getting-started.html#security-getting-started](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/x-pack/5.1/security-getting-started.html#security-getting-started)

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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 20, 2017, 5:58pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-change-default-passwords/72389/3 "2017-02-20T17:58:42Z")

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