Elasticsearch on k8s (ECK) All about passwords
Lets talk about passwords! How is it set, where is it, how do you reset it, how do you force it? When you do a simple deployment such as apiVersion: elasticsearch.k8s.elastic.co/v1 kind: Elasticsearch metadata: name: quickstart spec: version: 8.1.1 nodeSets: – name: default count: 1 config: node.store.allow_mmap: false Where is your password stored and how do you access it? For this article we will assume that your deployment name is quickstart Default The elastic users password is stored in secrets along with all the other secrets. It usually takes form of <DEPLYMENT NAME>-es-elastic-user and to get the password you can… Continue Reading