Set my passwords using x-pack/setup-passwords from script?

[TimV (Tim Vernum)]

I've moved this to the X-Pack forum.

Instructions for automating password setup are here:

How to set passwords for built-in users in batch mode?

@Vitaly_il how I may submit bootstrapping password to _xpack/security/user/.../_password API Step 0: Think of a password to use. I'll use "top-secret" Step 1: Shutdown at least 1 node of your cluster. Step 2: Add a "bootstrap.password" to the keystore on that node: bin/elasticsearch-keystore add "bootstrap.password" Enter value for bootstrap.password: top-secret Step 3: Start that elasticsearch node. Step 4: Call curl -uelastic -XPUT -H 'Content-Type: application/json' 'http://localhos…