# Authentication password

If your Elasticsearch server requires an HTTP basic authentication username and password to access it, you may provide the password here. Note: The core Elasticsearch software itself does not provide username or password features, but you may achieve this functionality by using a plugin, such as Search guard, or by accessing it through a proxy.

This setting cannot be changed through the web interface. You may change it by setting a value in your config.php file for the following config variable:

`$cfg->plugin_search_elasticsearch_password`.