# Setup-passwords ERROR: Unknown error **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [August 7, 2018, 8:40am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/setup-passwords-error-unknown-error/143283 "2018-08-07T08:40:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ssolanoballester](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/41988e/32.png) [@ssolanoballester](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ssolanoballester)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2018, 8:40am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/setup-passwords-error-unknown-error/143283/1 "2018-08-07T08:40:13Z")
Hi all, I recently installed elastic 6.2.2 with xpack. I'm trying to set password to elastic user, but I got an Unknow error. There is no messages in cluster log. [elastic@elastic]$ bin/x-pack/setup-passwords interactive -u [http://10.27.0.2:9201](http://10.27.0.2:9201) Unexpected response code [404] from calling GET [http://10.27.0.2:9201/\_xpack/security/\_authenticate?pretty](http://10.27.0.2:9201/_xpack/security/_authenticate?pretty) Possible causes include: - The relative path of the URL is incorrect. Is there a proxy in-between? - The protocol (http/https) does not match the port. - Is this really an Elasticsearch server? ERROR: Uknown error [elastic@elastic]$ telnet 10.27.0.2 9201 Trying 10.27.0.2... Connected to 10.27.0.2. Escape character is '^]'. ^] telnet\> quit Connection closed. [elastic@elastic]$ Any advice on how to resolve it? ---
**Author:** ![dadoonet](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dadoonet/32/137187_2.png) [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2018, 9:47am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/setup-passwords-error-unknown-error/143283/2 "2018-08-07T09:47:18Z")
What gives: ``` curl http://10.27.0.2:9201/ ``` And also ``` curl http://10.27.0.2:9201/_cat/plugins?v ``` And BTW why are you running on port 9201? Are you running 2 nodes on the same machine? ---
**Author:** ![ssolanoballester](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/41988e/32.png) [@ssolanoballester](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ssolanoballester)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2018, 10:03am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/setup-passwords-error-unknown-error/143283/3 "2018-08-07T10:03:19Z")
Hi, That is the response of two requests: [elastic@elastic ~]# curl [http://10.27.0.2:9201/](http://10.27.0.2:9201/) { "name" : "ELASTIC75", "cluster\_name" : "cluster\_elastic\_I", "cluster\_uuid" : "xZwkdYDvTZiH53u61MYg", "version" : { "number" : "6.2.2", "build\_hash" : "10b1edd", "build\_date" : "2018-02-16T19:01:30.685723Z", "build\_snapshot" : false, "lucene\_version" : "7.2.1", "minimum\_wire\_compatibility\_version" : "5.6.0", "minimum\_index\_compatibility\_version" : "5.0.0" }, "tagline" : "You Know, for Search" } [elastic@elastic~]# curl [http://10.27.0.2:9201/\_cat/plugins?v](http://10.27.0.2:9201/_cat/plugins?v) name component version ELASTIC75 x-pack-core 6.2.2 ELASTIC75 x-pack-deprecation 6.2.2 ELASTIC75 x-pack-graph 6.2.2 ELASTIC75 x-pack-logstash 6.2.2 ELASTIC75 x-pack-ml 6.2.2 ELASTIC75 x-pack-monitoring 6.2.2 ELASTIC75 x-pack-security 6.2.2 ELASTIC75 x-pack-upgrade 6.2.2 ELASTIC75 x-pack-watcher 6.2.2 ELASTIC76 x-pack-core 6.2.2 ELASTIC76 x-pack-deprecation 6.2.2 ELASTIC76 x-pack-graph 6.2.2 ELASTIC76 x-pack-logstash 6.2.2 ELASTIC76 x-pack-ml 6.2.2 ELASTIC76 x-pack-monitoring 6.2.2 ELASTIC76 x-pack-security 6.2.2 ELASTIC76 x-pack-upgrade 6.2.2 ELASTIC76 x-pack-watcher 6.2.2 > [@dadoonet](#): > > And BTW why are you running on port 9201? Are you running 2 nodes on the same machine? Home security recommendations (change default port to not standard port). Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![dadoonet](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dadoonet/32/137187_2.png) [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2018, 1:20pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/setup-passwords-error-unknown-error/143283/4 "2018-08-07T13:20:17Z")
What is the output of: ``` curl http://10.27.0.2:9201/_xpack/security/_authenticate?pretty ``` ? ---
**Author:** ![ssolanoballester](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/41988e/32.png) [@ssolanoballester](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ssolanoballester)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2018, 1:36pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/setup-passwords-error-unknown-error/143283/5 "2018-08-07T13:36:36Z")
[elastic@elastic ~]$ curl [http://10.27.0.2:9201/\_xpack/security/\_authenticate?pretty](http://10.27.0.2:9201/_xpack/security/_authenticate?pretty) { "error" : { "root\_cause" : [ { "type" : "index\_not\_found\_exception", "reason" : "no such index", "resource.type" : "index\_expression", "resource.id" : "\_xpack", "index\_uuid" : "_na_", "index" : "\_xpack" } ], "type" : "index\_not\_found\_exception", "reason" : "no such index", "resource.type" : "index\_expression", "resource.id" : "\_xpack", "index\_uuid" : "_na_", "index" : "\_xpack" }, "status" : 404 } ---
**Author:** ![TimV](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/timv/32/13162_2.png) [@TimV](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/TimV)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2018, 2:32am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/setup-passwords-error-unknown-error/143283/6 "2018-08-08T02:32:51Z")
What does ```auto curl http://10.27.0.2:9201/_xpack/ ``` give you? ---
**Author:** ![ssolanoballester](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/41988e/32.png) [@ssolanoballester](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ssolanoballester)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2018, 9:08am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/setup-passwords-error-unknown-error/143283/7 "2018-08-08T09:08:03Z")
Hi Tim and David, Finally I resolved reinstall whole cluster (elastic and xpack). I had moved elastic installation before problem and unfortunately something happened with data folder. Your help was amazing. Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2018, 9:09am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/setup-passwords-error-unknown-error/143283/8 "2018-09-05T09:09:34Z")
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