# Provide elastic password on debian installation
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/provide-elastic-password-on-debian-installation/327953
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Tags:** elastic-stack-security
**Created:** [March 17, 2023, 3:48pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/provide-elastic-password-on-debian-installation/327953 "2023-03-17T15:48:17Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author:  [@divadpoc](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/divadpoc)
#### Post date: [March 17, 2023, 3:48pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/provide-elastic-password-on-debian-installation/327953/1 "2023-03-17T15:48:17Z")
Hi, is it possible to provide the `ELASTIC_PASSWORD` during startup so there's no auto-generated password?
I see it's done w/ your provided `compose` examples, but can't find any information on bare-metal installations.
Thanks in advance.
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### Author:  [@Yang\_Wang](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Yang_Wang)
#### Post date: [March 17, 2023, 7:30pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/provide-elastic-password-on-debian-installation/327953/2 "2023-03-17T19:30:59Z")
No it is not possible. `ELASTIC_PASSWORD` environment variable is a docker installation specific feature.
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [April 14, 2023, 7:31pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/provide-elastic-password-on-debian-installation/327953/3 "2023-04-14T19:31:12Z")
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