# Setting keystore for Slack, cannot see what I am typing?

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/setting-keystore-for-slack-cannot-see-what-i-am-typing/218176>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [February 6, 2020, 1:01pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/setting-keystore-for-slack-cannot-see-what-i-am-typing/218176 "2020-02-06T13:01:11Z")\
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**Author:** ![JimP](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/8baadc/32.png) [@JimP](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/JimP)\
**Post date:** [February 6, 2020, 1:01pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/setting-keystore-for-slack-cannot-see-what-i-am-typing/218176/1 "2020-02-06T13:01:11Z")

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I am unable to see what I am typing to enter the value for ...secure\_url:

Is this by design?

```
bin/elasticsearch-keystore add xpack.notification.slack.account.monitoring.secure_url
Enter value for xpack.notification.slack.account.monitoring.secure_url:

```

ES v6.8.3  
RHEL 7

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**Author:** ![JimP](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/8baadc/32.png) [@JimP](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/JimP)\
**Post date:** [February 6, 2020, 5:37pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/setting-keystore-for-slack-cannot-see-what-i-am-typing/218176/2 "2020-02-06T17:37:38Z")

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Used this:

```
echo "my_secure_setting" | bin/elasticsearch-keystore add -x -f xpack.notification.slack.account.monitoring.secure_url
```

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**Author:** ![ikakavas](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/ikakavas/32/34430_2.png) [@ikakavas](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ikakavas)\
**Post date:** [February 7, 2020, 5:14am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/setting-keystore-for-slack-cannot-see-what-i-am-typing/218176/3 "2020-02-07T05:14:27Z")

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> [@JimP](#):
>
> Is this by design?

Yes, this is by design - as we consider this a best practice - in all our CLI tools where you need to input anything secret ( passwords, keys, etc )

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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:** [March 6, 2020, 5:14am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/setting-keystore-for-slack-cannot-see-what-i-am-typing/218176/4 "2020-03-06T05:14:27Z")

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Closed on March 6, 2020, 5:14am UTC

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