🔐 How to Update Your ElasticSearch Password in Exolution

🔐 How to Update Your ElasticSearch Password in Exolution

⚠️ Important:
If you change your ElasticSearch password but don’t update it in Exolution, global search will stop working.
Every time your ElasticSearch password changes, you must update Exolution’s settings!

📝 Why This Matters

ElasticSearch powers Exolution’s global search. If your ElasticSearch password isn’t up-to-date in Exolution, search will fail until you fix it.

🛠️ Step-by-Step Guide

Below you’ll find a quick, illustrated guide. Follow the numbering in the screenshot for each step!
 

1️⃣ View Command-Line Options (See #1 in image)

• Open Command Prompt as Administrator in the folder where ExolutionPrimaryService.exe is installed.
• To see all available commands, run: ExolutionPrimaryService.exe /?

2️⃣ Get HTTP-Encoded Password (See #2–4 in image)

• Run:ExolutionPrimaryService.exe -gethttpencodedpassword
• When prompted, enter your new ElasticSearch password (see #3).
• Copy the HTTP encoded password displayed (see #4).

3️⃣ Encrypt the Encoded Password (See #5–7 in image)

• Run:ExolutionPrimaryService.exe -encryptstring
• Paste the HTTP encoded password from the previous step (see #6).
• Copy the encrypted string shown (see #7).

4️⃣ Backup and Update Exolution Settings

• Make a backup of your Settings.xml file, located in the Exolution Primary Service install folder.
• Open Settings.xml in a text editor.
• Find the <ESConnStr> tag and replace the old value with the encrypted string you just copied.

• Save and close the file.
   

5️⃣ Restart Exolution Primary Service

• Open Windows Services.
• Find Exolution Primary Service, and restart it.
   

6️⃣ Verify Global Search

• Log in to Exolution.
• Try a global search for a known term.
• If it works, you’re done!
  If not, double-check each step and try again.
   

🆘 Troubleshooting

• If global search fails, ensure each step above is followed exactly (pay close attention to the highlighted numbers in the screenshot).
• Remember: You must use the HTTP-encoded password for encryption—not your plain password.
• If needed, restore your Settings.xml backup and repeat the process.
   

🙋‍♂️ Need Help?

• Contact Litexn support at support@litexn.com. or create submit a support request at https://support.litexn.com/hc/en-us/requests/new