Kibana 5 default password

Elastic Stack Kibana
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Hi i found once the default user and password on kibana 5 and i can't find on which page is it on this site
can somebody tell me here on on persoanl message?
thanks

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Since it is part of our public documentation, I will just put the link here. Sorry if I am just not seeing the feature that allows sending personal messages.

https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/x-pack/current/setting-up-authentication.html#built-in-users

After installing X-Pack you get these default users. You MUST change those passwords ASAP after the install.

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thanks Tim
it's ok

4

Little Help

Just set up X -pack not sure how to reset password tried all the following steps but no luck
not sure what isManagement > Users UI in Kibana or with the Reset Password API:
just installed X-pack and got in to issue

[root@quik-cclab38-01e kibana]# POST _xpack/security/rguttu/elastic/_password
Please enter content (application/x-www-form-urlencoded) to be POSTed:
^C
[root@quik-cclab38-01e kibana]# PUT _xpack/security/rguttu/elastic/_password

[root@quik-cclab38-01e kibana]# PUT _xpack/security/rguttu/elastic/_password
-bash: PUT: command not found
[root@quik-cclab38-01e kibana]# PUT _xpack/security/rguttu/elastic/_password
-bash: PUT: command not found

[root@quik-cclab38-01e kibana]# PUT _xpack/security/rguttu/kibana/_password
-bash: PUT: command not found

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"Management > Users UI in Kibana" refers to this page in Kibana:

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Click Management on the left-side navigation bar, then click "Users" which is under the "Elasticsearch" section, then click one of the users to find the "Change Password" button.

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No luck to do that reason as soon as I installed x-pack my kibana started promoting credentials

Please ignore my typo

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Did you install X-Pack into Kibana using the Kibana installer as well?

bin/kibana-plugin install x-pack

https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/x-pack/current/installing-xpack.html

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Yes I did ....

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[root@quik-cclab38-01e elasticsearch]# bin/elasticsearch-plugin install file:///root/x-pack-5.0.0-rc1.zip
-> Downloading file:///root/x-pack-5.0.0-rc1.zip
[=================================================] 100%
@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@
@ WARNING: plugin requires additional permissions @
@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@

  • java.lang.RuntimePermission accessClassInPackage.com.sun.activation.registries
  • java.lang.RuntimePermission getClassLoader
  • java.lang.RuntimePermission setContextClassLoader
  • java.lang.RuntimePermission setFactory
  • java.security.SecurityPermission createPolicy.JavaPolicy
  • java.security.SecurityPermission getPolicy
  • java.security.SecurityPermission putProviderProperty.BC
  • java.security.SecurityPermission setPolicy
  • java.util.PropertyPermission * read,write
  • java.util.PropertyPermission sun.nio.ch.bugLevel write
  • javax.net.ssl.SSLPermission setHostnameVerifier
    See http://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/technotes/guides/security/permissions.html
    for descriptions of what these permissions allow and the associated risks.

Continue with installation? [y/N]y
-> Installed x-pack
[root@quik-cclab38-01e elasticsearch]# cd /usr/share/kibana/
[root@quik-cclab38-01e kibana]# ls
bin LICENSE.txt node node_modules optimize package.json plugins README.txt src webpackShims

[root@quik-cclab38-01e kibana]# ./bin/kibana-plugin install file:///root/x-pack-5.0.0-rc1.zip
Attempting to transfer from file:///root/x-pack-5.0.0-rc1.zip
Transferring 72381868 bytes....................
Transfer complete
Retrieving metadata from plugin archive
Extracting plugin archive
Extraction complete
Optimizing and caching browser bundles...
Plugin installation complete
[root@quik-cclab38-01e kibana]# service elasticsearch restart
Restarting elasticsearch (via systemctl): [ OK ]
[root@quik-cclab38-01e kibana]# service kibana restart
kibana stopped.
kibana started

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Hello @tsullivan when i try to install x-path plugin i get following errror Plugin installation was unsuccessful due to error eperm: operation not permitted, rename "C:\elasticshearh\kibana\plugins\.plugin.installing" -> C:\elasticshearh\kibana\plugins\x-pack
Any advice hot to troubleshoot it? running on windows

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I was able to figure out the issue. Turns out McAfee was blocking the install. So to avoid above error disable McAfee before install.
Thanks

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