# Logged out of elk

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logged-out-of-elk/343445>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Created:** [September 20, 2023, 10:44am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logged-out-of-elk/343445 "2023-09-20T10:44:12Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![theacodes](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/theacodes/32/113779_2.png) [@theacodes](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/theacodes)\
**Post date:** [September 20, 2023, 10:44am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logged-out-of-elk/343445/1 "2023-09-20T10:44:12Z")

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I am logged out of my admin account of elk and am not able to log in again.

any idea how to get back to my account?

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**Author:** ![theacodes](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/theacodes/32/113779_2.png) [@theacodes](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/theacodes)\
**Post date:** [September 20, 2023, 10:53am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logged-out-of-elk/343445/2 "2023-09-20T10:53:32Z")

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update:

I am able to log in to localhost:9200 with same creds but it gives me an error when I try to log in to localhost:5601

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**Author:** ![Rios](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/rios/32/95745_2.png) [@Rios](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Rios)\
**Post date:** [September 20, 2023, 2:33pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logged-out-of-elk/343445/3 "2023-09-20T14:33:30Z")

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Check kibana.log might be an error. Kibana has internal user: kibana\_system, check `elasticsearch.username: "kibana_system"` and pass in kibana.yml

If you need to reset pass, you can use [elasticsearch-reset-password](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/reset-password.html)

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**Author:** ![theacodes](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/theacodes/32/113779_2.png) [@theacodes](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/theacodes)\
**Post date:** [September 21, 2023, 5:49am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logged-out-of-elk/343445/4 "2023-09-21T05:49:22Z")

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also, can we use our own certificate for Elasticsearch and for kibana? or elastic creates its own cert and uses that only?

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**Author:** ![Rios](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/rios/32/95745_2.png) [@Rios](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Rios)\
**Post date:** [September 21, 2023, 6:46am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logged-out-of-elk/343445/5 "2023-09-21T06:46:51Z")

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Yes, you can use your own certs. ES has tool to create and manage certificate. It's up to 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:** [October 19, 2023, 6:46am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logged-out-of-elk/343445/6 "2023-10-19T06:46:58Z")

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