# Kibana-keystore password view option in Elastic 7.13.1

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-keystore-password-view-option-in-elastic-7-13-1/285539>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Tags:** elastic-stack-security\
**Created:** [September 30, 2021, 6:21am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-keystore-password-view-option-in-elastic-7-13-1/285539 "2021-09-30T06:21:12Z")\
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**Author:** ![tsahoo43](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8baadc/32.png) [@tsahoo43](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/tsahoo43)\
**Post date:** [September 30, 2021, 6:21am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-keystore-password-view-option-in-elastic-7-13-1/285539/1 "2021-09-30T06:21:13Z")

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Hi Team,

I have created the "kibana-keystore" file and stored the Elasticsearch username and Elasticsearch password in it .  
Could anyone please explain the process to view the stored password from the keystore .

Thanks in Advance !!

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**Author:** ![stephenb](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/stephenb/32/40856_2.png) [@stephenb](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/stephenb)\
**Post date:** [September 30, 2021, 10:54pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-keystore-password-view-option-in-elastic-7-13-1/285539/2 "2021-09-30T22:54:23Z")

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Hi @tsahoo43 you can never view them again they can only be added, listed, or removed. See [Here](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/kibana/current/secure-settings.html)

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> Add string settings
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> Sensitive string settings, like authentication credentials for Elasticsearch can be added using the `add` command:
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> ` bin/kibana-keystore add the.setting.name.to.set`
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> **Once added to the keystore, these setting will be automatically applied to this instance of Kibana when started.** For example if you do
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> `bin/kibana-keystore add elasticsearch.username`
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> you will be prompted to provide the value for `elasticsearch.username`. (Your input will show as asterisks.)
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> The tool will prompt for the value of the setting. To pass the value through stdin, use the `--stdin` flag:
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> `cat /file/containing/setting/value | bin/kibana-keystore add the.setting.name.to.set --stdin`

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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:** [September 30, 2021, 10:56pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-keystore-password-view-option-in-elastic-7-13-1/285539/3 "2021-09-30T22:56:30Z")

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[Secure settings | Kibana Guide [7.15] | Elastic](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/kibana/current/secure-settings.html) is the page that reference comes from - [Secure settings | Kibana Guide [7.15] | Elastic](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/kibana/current/secure-settings.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:** [October 28, 2021, 10:56pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-keystore-password-view-option-in-elastic-7-13-1/285539/4 "2021-10-28T22:56:41Z")

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