Unable to Login to the ElasticSearch URL After Installing Elasticsearch and Plugins: "Password Credential Store is null" (Doc ID 2407326.1)

Last updated on FEBRUARY 01, 2022

Applies to:

Symptoms

Unable to login to the ElasticSearch URL after installing Elasticsearch and plugins.  


ERROR

The following error is displayed in the Elastic Search log:

[ERROR][o.w.s.e.auth ] Password Credential Store is null

STEPS

The issue can be reproduced at will with the following steps:

1. Create a crawl admin user for ES per the following documentation:
   
   Fusion Middleware Administering Oracle WebCenter Portal
   10 Configuring Elasticsearch in WebCenter Portal
   10.4 Creating a Crawl Admin User in WebCenter Portal
   
   
   
2. Configure Elastic Search and plugins for WebCenter Portal as stated in the following documentation:
   
   Fusion Middleware Administering Oracle WebCenter Portal
   10 Configuring Elasticsearch in WebCenter Portal
   10.5 Installing Elasticsearch and Plugins
   
   
3. Access the URL http://<HOSTNAME>:9200 using the Mozilla Firefox browser.
   Here you won't be able to login using the crawl admin user.
   
   The login prompt will show again.
   
   The Elastic Search log under <ES_HOME>/esNode/logs will show the following error:
   
   [ERROR][o.w.s.e.auth ] Password Credential Store is null
   
   
   

Cause

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