How to reset password?

[stephane_chan (Stéphane)]

Hi ,

I forgot my password for my elasticsearch
I configured my elasticsearch.yml with:

• network.host: 0.0.0.0
• discovery.seed_hosts: [“127.0.0.1”, “[::1]”]
• discovery.type: single-node
• xpack.security.enabled: true

I ran the command before

./bin/elasticsearch-setup-passwords interactive

is there any way to change my password again?

[stephenb (Stephen Brown)]

@stephane_chan

what version are you on...

https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/reset-password.html

[stephane_chan (Stéphane)]

I'm using elasticsearch version 7.17

[stephenb (Stephen Brown)]

Hi @stephane_chan

Not easy in 7.17 take a look at this post

In short you need to create a new local superuser
Then reset the elastic password using the API and that new super user.

Reset Elasticsearch Internal User Password

What you need is to define a superuser with elasticsearch-users CLI. Then use that newly created user to call ChangePassword API to change password for the elastic user. As @warkolm mentioned, you could use elasticsearch-reset-password if you are on version 8.x, which basically automates the above process for you (it also deletes the newly created user after the password change is completed).

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