Versions (relevant - OpenSearch/Dashboard/Server OS/Browser): 2.18.0 Describe the issue: I upgraded my Opensearch Instance, deployed via Helm on a Kubernetes Cluster to Version 2.18.0. After Upgrading I get an Error in the Log of the Pods “No custom admin password found. Please provide a password…

I have the same issue. I tried upgrading via helm to latest chart. Version 2.18.0. The PODs get stuck in “Error” an “Crash loop backoff”. In the Logs of the node I can see: Enabling OpenSearch Security Plugin Enabling execution of install_demo_configuration.sh for OpenSearch Security Plugin OpenSe…

@danielt @garyhodgson @mbah My OpenSearch cluster was created with Charts version 2.10.0 and OpenSearch version 2.8.0. helm install opensearch . I’ve used the latest Charts 2.18 and OpenSearch 2.12.0 to upgrade the running cluster. helm upgrade opensearch . The first OpenSearch pod got terminate…

@danielt @garyhodgson @mbah Please double-check if you didn’t duplicate extraEnvs: in your values.yml. If you have: extraEnvs: # - name: MY_ENVIRONMENT_VAR # value: the_value_goes_here # Chart version 2.18.0 and App Version OpenSearch 2.12.0 onwards a custom strong password needs to be provid…

I have the same issue installing 2.12.0 (not upgrading). I have provided the initial admin password via extraEnvs. extraEnvs: - name: "OPENSEARCH_INITIAL_ADMIN_PASSWORD" value: "some_strong_password_here" But I get the following error. Exception updating the admin password : Unable to upd…

Thank you. I added the extraEnvs to my vaules.yaml and retried deployment. Now I get a different error message: Enabling OpenSearch Security Plugin Enabling execution of install_demo_configuration.sh for OpenSearch Security Plugin OpenSearch 2.12.0 onwards, the OpenSearch Security Plugin a change …

@danielt @idemery I got the below error when I defined internal users in the values.yml file. Exception updating the admin password : /usr/share/opensearch/config/opensearch-security/internal_users.yml: Device or resource busy In my case, I’ve used secret instead of pasting the content of the inte…

@idemery If this is a fresh installation, could you try removing the PVCs related to OpenSearch pods and try deployment with extraEnvs and without internal_users?

I am not very experienced in creating issues. But I tried. Here is the Bug report: [BUG] The 2.12.0 initial deployment prevents the usage of the custom internal_users.yml file. opened 12:30PM - 06 Mar 24 UTC (UTC) …

@danielt That’s perfect. I’ve added some comments there. Thanks for creating this bug.

@pablo I got it working. 1- As you mentioned I set persistence.enabled to false and deleted all PVCs. 2- I configured all certificates as per documentation for all nodes, admin, and clients. 3- Uncommented the internal users back. 4- Tested everything with opensearch dashboards and get it workin…

Problem with the default admin Passwort

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suhas_salavathsa March 12, 2025, 4:34am 23

Yeah @pablo I did open a thread and docker-compose.yml is also there…

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Problem with the default admin Passwort

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