# Kibana-keystore tool

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-keystore-tool/135815>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Created:** [June 14, 2018, 1:23am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-keystore-tool/135815 "2018-06-14T01:23:22Z")\
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**Author:** ![zpraxis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/5daacb/32.png) [@zpraxis](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/zpraxis)\
**Post date:** [June 14, 2018, 1:23am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-keystore-tool/135815/1 "2018-06-14T01:23:22Z")

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Hi,

I am using Kibana 6.2.3 and have already obfuscated my passwords using the Kibana Keystore tool. However, I noticed that it only works if the `kibana.keystore` file is located under `/path_where_tar_was_extracted/kibana-6.2.3-linux-x86_64/data/`.

I am using a custom path in order to keep isolated the `data/`, `logs/` and `config/` directories as recommended in the documentation.

When I execute Kibana, I use the `-c` flag to indicate the path to the config file. In this file, the `path.data` property is configured accordingly. Why is it not working if `kibana.keystore` is in my custom path? Nothing is written into the log, nor the console. The process terminates as soon as I attempt to start Kibana. If I keep my passwords in plain text everythings works fine.

Thanks in advance.

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**Author:** ![tylersmalley](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/tylersmalley/32/8833_2.png) [@tylersmalley](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/tylersmalley)\
**Post date:** [June 14, 2018, 5:43pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-keystore-tool/135815/2 "2018-06-14T17:43:52Z")

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I have opened a PR to resolve this issue: [https://github.com/elastic/kibana/pull/19916](https://github.com/elastic/kibana/pull/19916)

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**Author:** ![zpraxis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/5daacb/32.png) [@zpraxis](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/zpraxis)\
**Post date:** [June 14, 2018, 5:49pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-keystore-tool/135815/3 "2018-06-14T17:49:27Z")

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Thank you!

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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:** [July 12, 2018, 5:49pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-keystore-tool/135815/4 "2018-07-12T17:49:36Z")

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