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[[controlling-user-cache]]
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=== Controlling the User Cache
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User credentials are cached in memory on each node to avoid connecting to a
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remote authentication service or hitting the disk for every incoming request.
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You can configure characteristics of the user cache with the `cache.ttl`,
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`cache.max_users`, and `cache.hash_algo` realm settings.
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NOTE: PKI realms do not use the user cache.
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The cached user credentials are hashed in memory. By default, {security} uses a
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salted `sha-256` hash algorithm. You can use a different hashing algorithm by
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setting the `cache_hash_algo` setting to any of the following:
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[[cache-hash-algo]]
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.Cache hash algorithms
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|=======================
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| Algorithm | | | Description
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| `ssha256` | | | Uses a salted `sha-256` algorithm (default).
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| `md5` | | | Uses `MD5` algorithm.
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| `sha1` | | | Uses `SHA1` algorithm.
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| `bcrypt` | | | Uses `bcrypt` algorithm with salt generated in 10 rounds.
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| `bcrypt4` | | | Uses `bcrypt` algorithm with salt generated in 4 rounds.
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| `bcrypt5` | | | Uses `bcrypt` algorithm with salt generated in 5 rounds.
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| `bcrypt6` | | | Uses `bcrypt` algorithm with salt generated in 6 rounds.
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| `bcrypt7` | | | Uses `bcrypt` algorithm with salt generated in 7 rounds.
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| `bcrypt8` | | | Uses `bcrypt` algorithm with salt generated in 8 rounds.
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| `bcrypt9` | | | Uses `bcrypt` algorithm with salt generated in 9 rounds.
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| `noop`,`clear_text` | | | Doesn't hash the credentials and keeps it in clear text in
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memory. CAUTION: keeping clear text is considered insecure
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and can be compromised at the OS level (for example through
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memory dumps and using `ptrace`).
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|=======================
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[[cache-eviction-api]]
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==== Evicting Users from the Cache
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{security} exposes a <<security-api-clear-cache, Clear Cache API>> you can use
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to force the eviction of cached users. For example, the following request evicts
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all users from the `ad1` realm:
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[source, js]
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$ curl -XPOST 'http://localhost:9200/_xpack/security/realm/ad1/_clear_cache'
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To clear the cache for multiple realms, specify the realms as a comma-separated
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list:
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[source, js]
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$ curl -XPOST 'http://localhost:9200/_xpack/security/realm/ad1,ad2/_clear_cache'
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You can also evict specific users:
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[source, java]
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$ curl -XPOST 'http://localhost:9200/_xpack/security/realm/ad1/_clear_cache?usernames=rdeniro,alpacino'
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