Change Opensearch Admin password

It cannot be modified in the dashboard, and must be modified only with a script.

  1. Terminal connection to master node

  2. Create a password (using the provided tool script).

cd /usr/share/opensearch/plugins/opensearch-security/tools

./hash.sh -p <new_password>

# example - output
sh-5.2$ ./hash.sh -p dhvmstjcl!
**************************************************************************
** This tool will be deprecated in the next major release of OpenSearch **
** https://github.com/opensearch-project/security/issues/1755           **
**************************************************************************
$2y$12$8CL1a9FLy1JwNe5q6yudZuTtzs/9.hkxvk1WnInwOV16JV3P3RoC6
  1. Load current settings

// Some code./securityadmin.sh -backup my-backup-directory \
  -icl \
  -nhnv \
  -cacert ../../../config/admin/ca.crt \
  -cert ../../../config/admin/tls.crt \
  -key ../../../config/admin/tls.key
  1. Change settings and run reflection script

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