Missing Authentication Credentials for REST Request

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Hello Elastic Users,

I am trying to check if my Elasticsearch is working fine or not by running the following command in WindowsPowershell.

Invoke-RestMethod http://localhost:9200

But it threw an 401-Authentication error. I am not sure how to pass on the credentials along with Invoke Command in Powershell.

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PS C:\Users\hussshe> Invoke-RestMethod http://localhost:9200
Invoke-RestMethod : {"error":{"root_cause":[{"type":"security_exception","reason":"missing authentication credentials
for REST request [/]","header":{"WWW-Authenticate":"Basic realm="security"
charset="UTF-8""}}],"type":"security_exception","reason":"missing authentication credentials for REST request
[/]","header":{"WWW-Authenticate":"Basic realm="security" charset="UTF-8""}},"status":401}
At line:1 char:1

  • Invoke-RestMethod http://localhost:9200 
  •   + CategoryInfo          : InvalidOperation: (System.Net.HttpWebRequest:HttpWebRequest) [Invoke-RestMethod], WebExc
 eption
  + FullyQualifiedErrorId : WebCmdletWebResponseException,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.InvokeRestMethodCommand

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P.S: I am a beginner trying to learn ELK on my own.

Any help would be appreciated.

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I don't know powershell, but a quick web search shows me this doesn't look easy - https://www.reddit.com/r/PowerShell/comments/gs7i4s/calling_an_api_using_invokerestmethod_using/

Unfortunately this is outside the scope of what we can assist with here sorry to say.