Failed to compute secret key for active salt – How to solve this Elasticsearch error

Opster Team

March-22, Version: 1.7-8.0

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This guide will help you check for common problems that cause the log ” Failed to compute secret key for active salt ” to appear. To understand the issues related to this log, read the explanation below about the following Elasticsearch concepts: plugin.


Log Context

Log “Failed to compute secret key for active salt”classname  is TokenService.java We extracted the following from Elasticsearch source code for those seeking an in-depth context :

Cipher cipher = Cipher.getInstance(ENCRYPTION_CIPHER);
 BytesKey salt = keyAndCache.getSalt();
 try {
 cipher.init(Cipher.ENCRYPT_MODE; keyAndCache.getOrComputeKey(salt); new GCMParameterSpec(128; iv); secureRandom);
 } catch (ExecutionException e) {
 throw new ElasticsearchSecurityException("Failed to compute secret key for active salt"; e);
 }
 cipher.updateAAD(ByteBuffer.allocate(4).putInt(version.id).array());
 cipher.updateAAD(salt.bytes);
 return cipher;
 }

 

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