# Reset 'elastic' user password

**POST /deployments/{deployment_id}/elasticsearch/{ref_id}/_reset-password**

Resets the password of the 'elastic' user.


## Servers
- https://api.elastic-cloud.com/api/v1: https://api.elastic-cloud.com/api/v1 ()



## Parameters

### Path parameters
- **deployment_id** (string)
  Identifier for the Deployment.
- **ref_id** (string)
  User-specified RefId for the Resource (or '_main' if there is only one).

### Query parameters
- **check_completion** (boolean)
  If true, will not reset elastic user password and instead will return a status code signaling whether or not the current credentials are ready to use (eg from creation or the last call to _reset_password)


## Responses
### 200
The password reset was out carried successfully

#### Body: application/json (object)
- **username** (string)
  The username for the newly-reset password for the given Elasticsearch cluster
- **password** (string)
  The newly-reset password for the given Elasticsearch cluster

### 404
* The Deployment specified by {deployment_id} cannot be found. (code: `deployments.deployment_not_found`)
* The Resource specified by {ref_id} cannot be found. (code: `deployments.deployment_resource_not_found`)
#### Headers
- **x-cloud-error-codes** (string)
  The error codes associated with the response

#### Body: application/json (object)
- **errors** (array[object])
  A list of errors that occurred in the failing request

### 500
Failed to reset the 'elastic' user's password. (code: `deployments.elasticsearch.password_reset_error`)
#### Headers
- **x-cloud-error-codes** (string)
  The error codes associated with the response

#### Body: application/json (object)
- **errors** (array[object])
  A list of errors that occurred in the failing request


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