# Username input in search-guard-flx-elasticsearch-plugin-2.0.0-rc-es-8.12.2.zip **URL:** \ **Category:** Search Guard\ **Created:** [June 14, 2024, 6:08pm UTC](https://forum.search-guard.com/t/username-input-in-search-guard-flx-elasticsearch-plugin-2-0-0-rc-es-8-12-2-zip/2508 "2024-06-14T18:08:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Varinder1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Varinder1](https://forum.search-guard.com/u/Varinder1)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2024, 6:08pm UTC](https://forum.search-guard.com/t/username-input-in-search-guard-flx-elasticsearch-plugin-2-0-0-rc-es-8-12-2-zip/2508/1 "2024-06-14T18:08:51Z")
If you think it is a bug report or you have a technical issue, please answer the following questions. For general questions, you can delete these questions. \*\*Elasticsearch version:_8.12.2_ \*\*Server OS version:_centos 7_ Search guard version search-guard-flx-elasticsearch-plugin-2.0.0-rc-es-8.12.2.zip Error Message Successfully connected to cluster elasticsearch (localhost) as user CN=Server, java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Illegal character in fragment at index 36: /_searchguard/internal\_users/…username…encripted at java.base/java.net.URI.create(URI.java:932) at org.apache.http.client.methods.HttpGet.(HttpGet.java:66) at com.floragunn.searchguard.sgctl.client.SearchGuardRestClient.get(SearchGuardRestClient.java:177) at com.floragunn.searchguard.sgctl.client.SearchGuardRestClient.getUser(SearchGuardRestClient.java:100) at com.floragunn.searchguard.sgctl.commands.user.UpdateUser.lambda$call$1(UpdateUser.java:78) at com.floragunn.searchguard.sgctl.commands.BaseCommand.retryOnConcurrencyConflict(BaseCommand.java:125) at com.floragunn.searchguard.sgctl.commands.user.UpdateUser.call(UpdateUser.java:76) at com.floragunn.searchguard.sgctl.commands.user.UpdateUser.call(UpdateUser.java:46) at picocli.CommandLine.executeUserObject(CommandLine.java:2041) at picocli.CommandLine.access$1500(CommandLine.java:148) at picocli.CommandLine$RunLast.executeUserObjectOfLastSubcommandWithSameParent(CommandLine.java:2461) at picocli.CommandLine$RunLast.handle(CommandLine.java:2453) at picocli.CommandLine$RunLast.handle(CommandLine.java:2415) at picocli.CommandLine$AbstractParseResultHandler.execute(CommandLine.java:2273) at picocli.CommandLine$RunLast.execute(CommandLine.java:2417) at picocli.CommandLine.execute(CommandLine.java:2170) at com.floragunn.searchguard.sgctl.SgctlTool.exec(SgctlTool.java:63) at com.floragunn.searchguard.sgctl.SgctlTool.main(SgctlTool.java:58) Caused by: java.net.URISyntaxException: Illegal character in fragment at index 36: /searchguard/internal\_users/… at java.base/java.net.URI$Parser.fail(URI.java:2995) at java.base/java.net.URI$Parser.checkChars(URI.java:3166) at java.base/java.net.URI$Parser.parse(URI.java:3210) at java.base/java.net.URI.(URI.java:645) at java.base/java.net.URI.create(URI.java:930) … 17 more Failed to update user. The installation was aborted. Below username is works in elasticseach 6 but throws error in elasticsearch 8.12.2 pongo#~`!$*()_-+=.?/pongo#~`!$\*()-+=.?/pongo#~`!$\*()_-+=.?/db18 Cause for this error and how to resolve it. And what is official documentation says about username and password Below is yml path.data: /var/lib/elasticsearch path.logs: /var/log/elasticsearch xpack.security.enabled: false xpack.security.enrollment.enabled: true xpack.security.http.ssl: enabled: false keystore.path: certs/http.p12 xpack.security.transport.ssl: enabled: true verification\_mode: certificate keystore.path: certs/transport.p12 truststore.path: certs/transport.p12 cluster.initial\_master\_nodes: - 192.168.28.38 http.host: 0.0.0.0 cluster.name: elasticsearch node.name: localhost.localdomain network.host: localhost,ip http.port: 9200 searchguard.enterprise\_modules\_enabled: false thread\_pool.write.queue\_size: 1000 discovery.seed\_hosts: ip http.max\_content\_length: 500mb indices.query.bool.max\_clause\_count: 200000 thread\_pool.search.size: 50 searchguard.ssl.transport.pemkey\_filepath: key.pem searchguard.ssl.transport.pemcert\_filepath: cert.pem searchguard.ssl.transport.pemtrustedcas\_filepath: cacert.pem searchguard.ssl.transport.enforce\_hostname\_verification: false searchguard.ssl.transport.enabled\_protocols: - TLSv1.2 searchguard.ssl.http.pemkey\_filepath: key.pem searchguard.ssl.http.pemcert\_filepath: cert.pem searchguard.ssl.http.pemtrustedcas\_filepath: cacert.pem searchguard.ssl.http.enabled: true searchguard.ssl.http.enabled\_protocols: - TLSv1.2 searchguard.authcz.admin\_dn: - CN=Server,XXXXXX searchguard.nodes\_dn: XXXXXXX searchguard.check\_snapshot\_restore\_write\_privileges: true searchguard.restapi.roles\_enabled: - SGS\_ALL\_ACCESS ---
**Author:** ![mantas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7bcc69/32.png) [@mantas](https://forum.search-guard.com/u/mantas)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2024, 1:32pm UTC](https://forum.search-guard.com/t/username-input-in-search-guard-flx-elasticsearch-plugin-2-0-0-rc-es-8-12-2-zip/2508/2 "2024-06-17T13:32:12Z")
Hi @Varinder1, I have noticed that you are using the RC version, the GA is now available and I would strongly suggest using GA, please see more here: > **[Latest Releases](https://docs.search-guard.com/latest/search-guard-versions)** > > A list of the current Search Guard releases for all Elasticsearch 7 and Kibana 7 versions. How did you deploy your internal user, and how did you hash passwords? Thanks, Mantas ---
**Author:** ![Varinder1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Varinder1](https://forum.search-guard.com/u/Varinder1)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2024, 6:25pm UTC](https://forum.search-guard.com/t/username-input-in-search-guard-flx-elasticsearch-plugin-2-0-0-rc-es-8-12-2-zip/2508/3 "2024-06-17T18:25:35Z")
![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/search_guard/original/2X/0/0b2791fee4d87b056ab6c93b0a25fdc619ee81db.png) I am using elasticsearch 8. I am using latest version of searchguard.2.0.0 ---
**Author:** ![Varinder1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Varinder1](https://forum.search-guard.com/u/Varinder1)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2024, 6:33pm UTC](https://forum.search-guard.com/t/username-input-in-search-guard-flx-elasticsearch-plugin-2-0-0-rc-es-8-12-2-zip/2508/4 "2024-06-17T18:33:20Z")
@mantas Am I missing something, please suggest . Can i use \*\*pongo#~`!$*()_-+=.?/pongo#~`!$_()_-+=.?/pongo#~`!$_()_-+=.?/db18 as a username without any issue. ---
**Author:** ![mantas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7bcc69/32.png) [@mantas](https://forum.search-guard.com/u/mantas)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2024, 10:57am UTC](https://forum.search-guard.com/t/username-input-in-search-guard-flx-elasticsearch-plugin-2-0-0-rc-es-8-12-2-zip/2508/5 "2024-06-18T10:57:02Z")
@Varinder1, yes that is the correct way to get the plugin. Should look something like: `search-guard-flx-elasticsearch-plugin-2.0.0-es-8.12.2.zip` (with out **rc** ) > [@Varinder1](#): > > search-guard-flx-elasticsearch-plugin-2.0.0- **rc** -es-8.12.2.zip ---
**Author:** ![mantas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7bcc69/32.png) [@mantas](https://forum.search-guard.com/u/mantas)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2024, 10:58am UTC](https://forum.search-guard.com/t/username-input-in-search-guard-flx-elasticsearch-plugin-2-0-0-rc-es-8-12-2-zip/2508/6 "2024-06-18T10:58:46Z")
how do you create your internal users? Could you please elaborate on the below: > [@Varinder1](#): > > Can i use \*\*pongo#~`!$*()_-+=.?/pongo#~`!$_()_-+=.?/pongo#~`!$_()_-+=.?/db18 as a username… Thanks, Mantas ---
**Author:** ![Varinder1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Varinder1](https://forum.search-guard.com/u/Varinder1)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2024, 5:24pm UTC](https://forum.search-guard.com/t/username-input-in-search-guard-flx-elasticsearch-plugin-2-0-0-rc-es-8-12-2-zip/2508/7 "2024-06-18T17:24:52Z")
I have tried the GA version it also fails “${INSTALL\_PATH}”/bin/elasticsearch-plugin install -b file:“${SCRIPT\_PATH}/sources/search-guard-flx-elasticsearch-plugin-2.0.0-es-8.12.2.zip” \>\>“${INSTALL\_LOG}” I did not do anything special to create internal user ---
**Author:** ![Varinder1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Varinder1](https://forum.search-guard.com/u/Varinder1)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2024, 5:27pm UTC](https://forum.search-guard.com/t/username-input-in-search-guard-flx-elasticsearch-plugin-2-0-0-rc-es-8-12-2-zip/2508/8 "2024-06-18T17:27:13Z")
I also want to edit this post , can any body help me with this . ---
**Author:** ![Domsalvator23](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.search-guard.com/domsalvator23/32/1576_2.png) [@Domsalvator23](https://forum.search-guard.com/u/Domsalvator23)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2024, 6:17am UTC](https://forum.search-guard.com/t/username-input-in-search-guard-flx-elasticsearch-plugin-2-0-0-rc-es-8-12-2-zip/2508/9 "2024-06-19T06:17:27Z")
Can anybody brief the discussion? It’s getting tough to understand cause the coding is just too much and messy. ---
**Author:** ![Varinder1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Varinder1](https://forum.search-guard.com/u/Varinder1)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2024, 7:06pm UTC](https://forum.search-guard.com/t/username-input-in-search-guard-flx-elasticsearch-plugin-2-0-0-rc-es-8-12-2-zip/2508/10 "2024-06-20T19:06:07Z")
I was using pongo#~`!$*()_-+=.?/pongo#~` !$_()_ -+=.?/pongo#~`!$_()_ -+=.?/db18 as user name it is working fine in ES6 but throwing error in ES8. Thats it. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.search-guard.com/system/32/1870_2.png) [@system](https://forum.search-guard.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2024, 7:06pm UTC](https://forum.search-guard.com/t/username-input-in-search-guard-flx-elasticsearch-plugin-2-0-0-rc-es-8-12-2-zip/2508/11 "2024-07-11T19:06:23Z")
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