You shouldn't need to set the password at all as you shouldn't need to login as the ES user.
The docs are a great place to start - http://www.elasticsearch.org/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/setup.html On 10 November 2014 20:37, Jem indig <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > ah gotcha!. > cool - assume there are no hartdcoded passwords anywhere and I can just > set the password as I see fit? > > Don't suppose you have any links to documentation for how the setup looks, > best practices etc? > > Cheers, > J > > On Fri, Nov 7, 2014 at 8:46 PM, Mark Walkom <[email protected]> wrote: > >> It shouldn't run as root as the install process creates an elasticsearch >> user. >> Can you do a "getent passwd|grep elasticsearch" and see if it has created >> one, or not? >> >> On 8 November 2014 03:56, <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Hi, >>> I'm looking to do a sensible install of elasticsearch on Redhat. >>> If I use >>> sudo yum install elasticsearch as described here >>> <http://www.elasticsearch.org/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/setup-repositories.html> >>> then >>> everything is owned by root. >>> >>> So what is the safest best-practice way to set up a user and do an >>> install? >>> >>> Cheers, >>> J >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "elasticsearch" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to [email protected]. >>> To view this discussion on the web visit >>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/bd29756b-1be9-4295-a991-3066d187deb8%40googlegroups.com >>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/bd29756b-1be9-4295-a991-3066d187deb8%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>> . >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the >> Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. >> To unsubscribe from this topic, visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/topic/elasticsearch/InShlT1oD6U/unsubscribe. >> To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to >> [email protected]. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/CAF3ZnZnW2iRTT4SkECN0QTfL8REENhwKb18%3DDcsRawTWR%3DMtrg%40mail.gmail.com >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/CAF3ZnZnW2iRTT4SkECN0QTfL8REENhwKb18%3DDcsRawTWR%3DMtrg%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "elasticsearch" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/CAMa9dfSia_U%3DUBC6ZUg0yR5qLdzpNesnN8MQpr5LhX-PC2SXMg%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/CAMa9dfSia_U%3DUBC6ZUg0yR5qLdzpNesnN8MQpr5LhX-PC2SXMg%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/CAF3ZnZk6MVVYVBrv057d8EOSuaGrA%2B47k6sHwOy%2BKmSN5uVkHA%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
