Invalid API credentials in Wazuh dashboard after installation

[DFolchA]

Wazuh version	Install type	Action performed	Platform
4.3.10	wazuh-install.sh	Install	RHEL9

We were notified that in some cases after installing in RHEL 9 based systems the Wazuh dashboard shows the following error:

This error appears when the API password is not correctly set in the /usr/share/wazuh-dashboard/data/wazuh/config/wazuh.yml file.

This suggests that there may be an error either when changing the password of the wazuh-wui API user or when editing the wazuh.yml.

[DFolchA]

Update

Tested CentOS 9 Stream VM

[root@centos9s vagrant]# curl -sO https://packages.wazuh.com/4.3/wazuh-install.sh && sudo bash ./wazuh-install.sh -a
07/03/2023 10:38:55 INFO: Starting Wazuh installation assistant. Wazuh version: 4.3.10
07/03/2023 10:38:55 INFO: Verbose logging redirected to /var/log/wazuh-install.log
07/03/2023 10:38:57 ERROR: Your system does not meet the recommended minimum hardware requirements of 4Gb of RAM and 2 CPU cores. If you want to proceed with the installation use the -i option to ignore these requirements.
[root@centos9s vagrant]# curl -sO https://packages.wazuh.com/4.3/wazuh-install.sh && sudo bash ./wazuh-install.sh -a -i
07/03/2023 10:39:04 INFO: Starting Wazuh installation assistant. Wazuh version: 4.3.10
07/03/2023 10:39:04 INFO: Verbose logging redirected to /var/log/wazuh-install.log
07/03/2023 10:39:06 WARNING: Hardware and system checks ignored.
07/03/2023 10:39:10 INFO: Wazuh repository added.
07/03/2023 10:39:10 INFO: --- Configuration files ---
07/03/2023 10:39:10 INFO: Generating configuration files.
07/03/2023 10:39:12 INFO: Created wazuh-install-files.tar. It contains the Wazuh cluster key, certificates, and passwords necessary for installation.
07/03/2023 10:39:12 INFO: --- Wazuh indexer ---
07/03/2023 10:39:12 INFO: Starting Wazuh indexer installation.
07/03/2023 10:41:13 INFO: Wazuh indexer installation finished.
07/03/2023 10:41:13 INFO: Wazuh indexer post-install configuration finished.
07/03/2023 10:41:13 INFO: Starting service wazuh-indexer.
07/03/2023 10:42:03 INFO: wazuh-indexer service started.
07/03/2023 10:42:03 INFO: Initializing Wazuh indexer cluster security settings.
07/03/2023 10:42:24 INFO: Wazuh indexer cluster initialized.
07/03/2023 10:42:24 INFO: --- Wazuh server ---
07/03/2023 10:42:24 INFO: Starting the Wazuh manager installation.
07/03/2023 10:43:31 INFO: Wazuh manager installation finished.
07/03/2023 10:43:31 INFO: Starting service wazuh-manager.
07/03/2023 10:43:46 INFO: wazuh-manager service started.
07/03/2023 10:43:46 INFO: Starting Filebeat installation.
07/03/2023 10:43:55 INFO: Filebeat installation finished.
07/03/2023 10:43:56 INFO: Filebeat post-install configuration finished.
07/03/2023 10:43:56 INFO: Starting service filebeat.
07/03/2023 10:43:56 INFO: filebeat service started.
07/03/2023 10:43:56 INFO: --- Wazuh dashboard ---
07/03/2023 10:43:56 INFO: Starting Wazuh dashboard installation.
07/03/2023 10:45:53 INFO: Wazuh dashboard installation finished.
07/03/2023 10:45:53 INFO: Wazuh dashboard post-install configuration finished.
07/03/2023 10:45:53 INFO: Starting service wazuh-dashboard.
07/03/2023 10:45:54 INFO: wazuh-dashboard service started.
07/03/2023 10:46:52 INFO: Initializing Wazuh dashboard web application.
07/03/2023 10:46:52 INFO: Wazuh dashboard web application initialized.
07/03/2023 10:46:52 INFO: --- Summary ---
07/03/2023 10:46:52 INFO: You can access the web interface https://<wazuh-dashboard-ip>
    User: admin
    Password: zJzev6Zq2+YZKuE98nSUiDPzriBgK5n5
07/03/2023 10:46:52 INFO: Installation finished.

Works correctly 🟢

[DFolchA]

Update

Reproduced error by changing the password in wazuh.yml

hosts:
  - default:
      url: https://localhost
      port: 55000
      username: wazuh-wui
      password: "new_pass"
      run_as: false

[DFolchA]

After discussing with @verdx we noticed that this issue is duplicated from #2111