# How to set kibana\_system credentials to elasticsearch

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-set-kibana-system-credentials-to-elasticsearch/293316>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Tags:** elastic-stack-security\
**Created:** [January 3, 2022, 6:39am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-set-kibana-system-credentials-to-elasticsearch/293316 "2022-01-03T06:39:28Z")\
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**Author:** ![raka](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/raka/32/99738_2.png) [@raka](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/raka)\
**Post date:** [January 3, 2022, 6:39am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-set-kibana-system-credentials-to-elasticsearch/293316/1 "2022-01-03T06:39:28Z")

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Hi,

We have one EFK stack running on 7.14.X version with X-pack security enabled and we defined `elastic` user for kibana application and everything works so far. But, we noticed a few warning messages in kibana pod. It says to use `kibana_system` user instead of `elastic` user for kibana application. My question is, Is there any way to set `kibana_system` user credentials while bootstrapping Elasticsearch?

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**Author:** ![Marco\_Liberati](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/marco_liberati/32/82953_2.png) [@Marco\_Liberati](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Marco_Liberati)\
**Post date:** [January 3, 2022, 2:26pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-set-kibana-system-credentials-to-elasticsearch/293316/2 "2022-01-03T14:26:09Z")

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Hi @raka

welcome to the Kibana community.

You can find more information about [Setting built-in use passwords](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/built-in-users.html#set-built-in-user-passwords) on the guide page.

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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:** [January 31, 2022, 2:26pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-set-kibana-system-credentials-to-elasticsearch/293316/3 "2022-01-31T14:26:47Z")

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