# Kibana Dashboard Usage

**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-dashboard-usage/114470
**Category:** Kibana
**Created:** [January 8, 2018, 8:56am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-dashboard-usage/114470 "2018-01-08T08:56:39Z")
**Posts on this page:** 6
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### Author: ![Nada\_I](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/278dde/32.png) [@Nada\_I](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Nada_I)
#### Post date: [January 8, 2018, 8:56am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-dashboard-usage/114470/1 "2018-01-08T08:56:40Z")

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How I can set or reset the username and the password of kibana dashboard?

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### Author: ![warkolm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/warkolm/32/39224_2.png) [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)
#### Post date: [January 8, 2018, 9:08am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-dashboard-usage/114470/2 "2018-01-08T09:08:49Z")

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Is this an X-Pack user?

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### Author: ![Nada\_I](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/278dde/32.png) [@Nada\_I](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Nada_I)
#### Post date: [January 8, 2018, 12:06pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-dashboard-usage/114470/3 "2018-01-08T12:06:28Z")

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I don't know after I create the cluster kibana link appeared to me to open the dashboard but I don't know which username and which password  
and when I insert elastic and its password this message appear to me.

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/f/0/f0a6c4085e73436db7526fe0e37bdadc313d2001.png)

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### Author: ![Nada\_I](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/278dde/32.png) [@Nada\_I](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Nada_I)
#### Post date: [January 8, 2018, 12:32pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-dashboard-usage/114470/4 "2018-01-08T12:32:03Z")

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or what is the default username and password

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### Author: ![warkolm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/warkolm/32/39224_2.png) [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)
#### Post date: [January 8, 2018, 7:37pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-dashboard-usage/114470/5 "2018-01-08T19:37:19Z")

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Please see [https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/kibana/current/using-kibana-with-security.html](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/kibana/current/using-kibana-with-security.html)

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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 5, 2018, 7:37pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-dashboard-usage/114470/6 "2018-02-05T19:37:47Z")

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