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[role="xpack"]
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[[beats-system-user]]
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=== Set the password for the built-in monitoring user
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{security} provides built-in user credentials in {es} that have a fixed set of
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privileges. In {beat_monitoring_user_version} and later releases, there is a
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+{beat_monitoring_user}+ built-in user, which {beatname_uc} uses to store
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monitoring information in {es}.
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The initial passwords for all of the built-in users are set by using the
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`setup-passwords` tool in {es}. Thereafter, you can change the passwords by
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using the *Management > Users* page in Kibana or the
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{ref}/security-api-change-password.html[Change Password API].
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IMPORTANT: If you upgraded from {es} version {beat_monitoring_version} or earlier, you will not
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have set a password for the +{beat_monitoring_user}+ user. A user with the
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`manage_security` privilege must change the password for this built-in user.
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For more
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information, see:
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* {xpack-ref}/setting-up-authentication.html[Setting Up User Authentication]
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* {xpack-ref}/built-in-roles.html[Built-in Roles]
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* <<monitoring>>
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