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Update ECK documentation for rotating credentials.
naemono Oct 15, 2025
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8 changes: 6 additions & 2 deletions deploy-manage/users-roles/cluster-or-deployment-auth/managed-credentials-eck.md
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Expand Up @@ -66,13 +66,17 @@ If you are using the `elastic` user credentials in your own applications, they w
To regenerate all auto-generated credentials in a namespace, run the following command:

```sh
kubectl delete secret -l eck.k8s.elastic.co/credentials=true
kubectl delete secret -l eck.k8s.elastic.co/credentials=true,common.k8s.elastic.co/type!=kibana
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This will no longer be true since ECK 3.2. We are automatically excluding the Kibana form the credentials label.

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::::{warning}
This command regenerates auto-generated credentials of **all** {{stack}} applications in the namespace.
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:::{note}
Previous documentation suggested deleting all secrets with the label `eck.k8s.elastic.co/credentials=true`, which included the Kibana secret that contained encryption keys. Deletion of the Kibana config secret is not recommended.
:::

## Creating custom users

{{eck}} provides functionality to facilitate custom user creation through various authentication realms. You can create users using the native realm, file realm, or external authentication methods.
Expand All @@ -99,4 +103,4 @@ For more information, refer to [External authentication](/deploy-manage/users-ro

ECK facilitates file-based role management through Kubernetes secrets containing the roles specification. Alternatively, you can use the Role management API or the Role management UI in {{kib}}.

Refer to [Managing custom roles](/deploy-manage/users-roles/cluster-or-deployment-auth/defining-roles.md#managing-custom-roles) for details and ECK based examples.
Refer to [Managing custom roles](/deploy-manage/users-roles/cluster-or-deployment-auth/defining-roles.md#managing-custom-roles) for details and ECK based examples.