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[role="xpack"]
[[syskeygen]]
== syskeygen
The `syskeygen` command creates a system key file in `CONFIG_DIR/x-pack`.
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=== Synopsis
[source,shell]
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bin/x-pack/syskeygen
[-E <KeyValuePair>] [-h, --help]
([-s, --silent] | [-v, --verbose])
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=== Description
The command generates a `system_key` file, which you can use to symmetrically
encrypt sensitive data. For example, you can use this key to prevent {watcher}
from returning and storing information that contains clear text credentials. See {xpack-ref}/encrypting-data.html[Encrypting sensitive data in {watcher}].
IMPORTANT: The system key is a symmetric key, so the same key must be used on
every node in the cluster.
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=== Parameters
`-E <KeyValuePair>`:: Configures a setting. For example, if you have a custom
installation of {es}, you can use this parameter to specify the `ES_PATH_CONF`
environment variable.
`-h, --help`:: Returns all of the command parameters.
`-s, --silent`:: Shows minimal output.
`-v, --verbose`:: Shows verbose output.
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=== Examples
The following command generates a `system_key` file in the
default `$ES_HOME/config/x-pack` directory:
[source, sh]
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bin/x-pack/syskeygen
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