# What is elasticsearch9.x default ca password?

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/what-is-elasticsearch9-x-default-ca-password/380616>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [July 31, 2025, 7:54am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/what-is-elasticsearch9-x-default-ca-password/380616 "2025-07-31T07:54:18Z")\
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**Author:** ![wangchao732](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/wangchao732/32/144409_2.png) [@wangchao732](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/wangchao732)\
**Post date:** [July 31, 2025, 7:54am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/what-is-elasticsearch9-x-default-ca-password/380616/1 "2025-07-31T07:54:18Z")

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es is running normally, but the default ca password is unknown.

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**Author:** ![stephenb](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/stephenb/32/40856_2.png) [@stephenb](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/stephenb)\
**Post date:** [July 31, 2025, 9:40pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/what-is-elasticsearch9-x-default-ca-password/380616/2 "2025-07-31T21:40:13Z")

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Hi @wangchao732 Welcome to the community...

It is stored the the elasticsearch keystore

> **[elasticsearch-keystore | Reference](https://www.elastic.co/docs/reference/elasticsearch/command-line-tools/elasticsearch-keystore)**
>
> The elasticsearch-keystore command manages secure settings in the Elasticsearch keystore. Currently, all secure settings are node-specific settings that...

```auto
bin/elasticsearch-keystore list
bin/elasticsearch-keystore show the.name.of.the.setting.to.show

```