# Java REST Client Auth Security **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [May 30, 2018, 7:51am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/java-rest-client-auth-security/133812 "2018-05-30T07:51:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![delly.set](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ac91a4/32.png) [@delly.set](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/delly.set)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2018, 7:51am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/java-rest-client-auth-security/133812/1 "2018-05-30T07:51:55Z")
Hi Reading below link to implement Basic Authentication for my application to integrate with ElasticSearch [https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/client/java-rest/current/\_basic\_authentication.html](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/client/java-rest/current/_basic_authentication.html) But, how to secure my password? I could not put my password in cleartext in the Java code. _new UsernamePasswordCredentials("user", "password"));_ any help is appreciated. Thanks ---
**Author:** ![TimV](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/timv/32/13162_2.png) [@TimV](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/TimV)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2018, 8:47am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/java-rest-client-auth-security/133812/2 "2018-05-30T08:47:14Z")
That is entirely up to you. How do you secure your passwords for other data sources? You could read it from a file, read it from the classpath, access a secret store. Those are all possible here. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2018, 8:47am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/java-rest-client-auth-security/133812/3 "2018-06-27T08:47:19Z")
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