Securing your Wazuh installation API section is changing every password

[guidomodarelli]

Description

During wazuh/wazuh#27183 it was found that https://documentation.wazuh.com/current/installation-guide/wazuh-dashboard/step-by-step.html#securing-your-wazuh-installation, in particular the Distributed Deployment tab, the following step is changing every password, while only should change API

This could be an issue if the Wazuh Manager co-exist with Wazuh Dashboard in the same host.

Current behavior when the Wazuh Master node and Wazuh Dashboard coexist on the same host

• Step 1

root@host1:/home/vagrant# /usr/share/wazuh-indexer/plugins/opensearch-security/tools/wazuh-passwords-tool.sh --change-all
11/12/2024 14:40:07 INFO: Updating the internal users.
11/12/2024 14:40:11 INFO: A backup of the internal users has been saved in the /etc/wazuh-indexer/internalusers-backup folder.
11/12/2024 14:40:11 INFO: Wazuh API admin credentials not provided, Wazuh API passwords not changed.
11/12/2024 14:40:21 INFO: The filebeat.yml file has been updated to use the Filebeat Keystore username and password.
11/12/2024 14:40:49 INFO: The password for user admin is iEmuZf3ttp5ANFGyHzL?u?m68WO1d9Hp
11/12/2024 14:40:49 INFO: The password for user anomalyadmin is yxP0r4y2WNGCcwIkeI+.4Jd6Fma4zF0M
11/12/2024 14:40:49 INFO: The password for user kibanaserver is U9qWxUeT7YnPZOWdlksw5HEB+1.Jinvk
11/12/2024 14:40:49 INFO: The password for user kibanaro is LiDAb0nvRCnlOpj6EmH?2CCCo8EmU7gF
11/12/2024 14:40:49 INFO: The password for user logstash is LMpc3Isb98L*owj*c4n45JA3wqs?V?A2
11/12/2024 14:40:49 INFO: The password for user readall is B3pzRh.sY?YycQGj?Tld3CiT6bEL94rP
11/12/2024 14:40:49 INFO: The password for user snapshotrestore is QhN+yDiQc+q*Q1*7F88e.eEmUrOSfRgj
11/12/2024 14:40:49 WARNING: Wazuh indexer passwords changed. Remember to update the password in the Wazuh dashboard, Wazuh server, and Filebeat nodes if necessary, and restart the services.

• Step 2

root@host1:/home/vagrant# curl -sO https://packages.wazuh.com/4.9/wazuh-passwords-tool.sh
bash wazuh-passwords-tool.sh --api --change-all --admin-user wazuh --admin-password wazuh
11/12/2024 14:41:05 INFO: Updating the internal users.
11/12/2024 14:41:09 INFO: A backup of the internal users has been saved in the /etc/wazuh-indexer/internalusers-backup folder.
11/12/2024 14:41:21 INFO: The filebeat.yml file has been updated to use the Filebeat Keystore username and password.
11/12/2024 14:41:45 INFO: The password for user admin is *ERWBUJYcoocwG?CRYfoHSnW7q0itdbh
11/12/2024 14:41:45 INFO: The password for user anomalyadmin is lhPFuWCjv*FlIMadgmNJo+7yYrV7f0vH
11/12/2024 14:41:45 INFO: The password for user kibanaserver is pSqT3?3eBspjKdBeQnSpCgsB.O?o9c8k
11/12/2024 14:41:45 INFO: The password for user kibanaro is tFS8z4ZnlKyc2c1w0G92IYrtySkqc+nX
11/12/2024 14:41:45 INFO: The password for user logstash is gmTiv5OKbx6GGJU2DQjdoTNltdAMMc?a
11/12/2024 14:41:45 INFO: The password for user readall is axSddng6vT7UzgIIv.Gq.PyTnq.8Z*LZ
11/12/2024 14:41:45 INFO: The password for user snapshotrestore is Et5vPBqXDJN72PHSB1paFMNgS+jhpyg+
11/12/2024 14:41:45 WARNING: Wazuh indexer passwords changed. Remember to update the password in the Wazuh dashboard, Wazuh server, and Filebeat nodes if necessary, and restart the services.
11/12/2024 14:41:47 INFO: The password for Wazuh API user wazuh is XFfgvv+Pm+olUvN3hRGSx*rIVQkVFQcE
11/12/2024 14:41:48 INFO: The password for Wazuh API user wazuh-wui is KcIFIovRmAeUho.+shLUs3FJMu*0Pvaa

Expected behavior when the Wazuh Master node and Wazuh Dashboard coexist on the same host

• Step 1

root@host1:/home/vagrant# /usr/share/wazuh-indexer/plugins/opensearch-security/tools/wazuh-passwords-tool.sh --change-all
11/12/2024 14:40:07 INFO: Updating the internal users.
11/12/2024 14:40:11 INFO: A backup of the internal users has been saved in the /etc/wazuh-indexer/internalusers-backup folder.
11/12/2024 14:40:11 INFO: Wazuh API admin credentials not provided, Wazuh API passwords not changed.
11/12/2024 14:40:21 INFO: The filebeat.yml file has been updated to use the Filebeat Keystore username and password.
11/12/2024 14:40:49 INFO: The password for user admin is iEmuZf3ttp5ANFGyHzL?u?m68WO1d9Hp
11/12/2024 14:40:49 INFO: The password for user anomalyadmin is yxP0r4y2WNGCcwIkeI+.4Jd6Fma4zF0M
11/12/2024 14:40:49 INFO: The password for user kibanaserver is U9qWxUeT7YnPZOWdlksw5HEB+1.Jinvk
11/12/2024 14:40:49 INFO: The password for user kibanaro is LiDAb0nvRCnlOpj6EmH?2CCCo8EmU7gF
11/12/2024 14:40:49 INFO: The password for user logstash is LMpc3Isb98L*owj*c4n45JA3wqs?V?A2
11/12/2024 14:40:49 INFO: The password for user readall is B3pzRh.sY?YycQGj?Tld3CiT6bEL94rP
11/12/2024 14:40:49 INFO: The password for user snapshotrestore is QhN+yDiQc+q*Q1*7F88e.eEmUrOSfRgj
11/12/2024 14:40:49 WARNING: Wazuh indexer passwords changed. Remember to update the password in the Wazuh dashboard, Wazuh server, and Filebeat nodes if necessary, and restart the services.

• Step 2

root@host1:/home/vagrant# curl -sO https://packages.wazuh.com/4.9/wazuh-passwords-tool.sh
bash wazuh-passwords-tool.sh --api --change-all --admin-user wazuh --admin-password wazuh
11/12/2024 14:41:47 INFO: The password for Wazuh API user wazuh is XFfgvv+Pm+olUvN3hRGSx*rIVQkVFQcE
11/12/2024 14:41:48 INFO: The password for Wazuh API user wazuh-wui is KcIFIovRmAeUho.+shLUs3FJMu*0Pvaa

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