Windows - Elasticsearch starting with elasticsearch.keystore protected

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I have elasticsearh installed on Windows Server 2016. I have activated the security and some passwords were vaulted in the elasticsearch.keystore file. Then I proceed to protect the keystore using the command elasticsearch-keystore passwd. When I want to start elasticsearch I got errors because it needs the password of the elasticsearch.keystore.
I have searched in the documentation and I have no found a way to configure a Windows service that takes the password.

Some research shows options using environment variables or storing the password in a file but I think the idea is to protect this password and this can not be visible for everyone.

Please your help!

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Could it be that what they documented for Debian can be applied to Windows, too?

  • Put the pwd into a file
  • Restrict access to said file to those permitted and Elasticsearch
  • Put the path to said file into the env variable ES_KEYSTORE_PASSPHRASE_FILE.
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