# Using Keystores - not working (v6.6.0)
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/using-keystores-not-working-v6-6-0/273362
**Category:** Beats
**Tags:** metricbeat
**Created:** [May 19, 2021, 5:31am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/using-keystores-not-working-v6-6-0/273362 "2021-05-19T05:31:53Z")
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### Author:  [@anaconda2196](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/anaconda2196)
#### Post date: [May 19, 2021, 5:31am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/using-keystores-not-working-v6-6-0/273362/1 "2021-05-19T05:31:53Z")
Hello,
I'm trying to use a keystore value in my metricbeatbeat configuration and I can't seem to get it working...
I have created initContainer in that I am just creating keystore and add my elasticsearch password in ES\_PWD!
```
metricbeat --path.config=/usr/share/metricbeat/keystore -c /etc/metricbeat.yml keystore create
echo 'my-ES-clear-text-pwd' | metricbeat --path.config=/usr/share/metricbeat/keystore -c /etc/metricbeat.yml keystore add ES_PWD --stdin --force
metricbeat --path.config=/usr/share/metricbeat/keystore -c /etc/metricbeat.yml keystore list
```
[sharing volumes between initContainer and actual container!]
In actual metricbeat container trying to run metricbeat service but it is not starting.
(./metricbeat --path.config=/usr/share/metricbeat/keystore -c /etc/metricbeat.yml -e)
However pod is running but metricbeat service is not starting up inside it!
If i exec into pod and manually copy metricbeat.keystore from --path.config=/usr/share/metricbeat/keystore to --path.data (/usr/share/metricbeat) and if I try to run metricbeat service manually then it is running. (./metricbeat -c /etc/metricbeat.yml -e -system.hostfs=/hostfs)
I found one similar issue: [Using Keystores - not working (v6.6.0)](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/using-keystores-not-working-v6-6-0/167301)
However, I can't do it manually every time since my metricbeat pod is deploy as daemonset and deployment in my K8s cluster.
Thanks in advance.
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### Author:  [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)
#### Post date: [May 20, 2021, 1:49am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/using-keystores-not-working-v6-6-0/273362/2 "2021-05-20T01:49:58Z")
If you're using 6.6 please note that it has been [EOL](https://www.elastic.co/support/eol) for quite some time now, and you would be best off upgrading and seeing if the issue is still there.
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [June 17, 2021, 3:50am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/using-keystores-not-working-v6-6-0/273362/3 "2021-06-17T03:50:49Z")
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