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Update README to clarify the use of elastic user password environment variable (#128045)

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- Added instructions for exporting the `ES_LOCAL_PASSWORD` environment variable.
- Updated the `curl` example and Python client example to use `ES_LOCAL_PASSWORD` for consistency.
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@ -97,6 +97,15 @@ From the `elastic-start-local` folder, check the connection to Elasticsearch usi
source .env
curl $ES_LOCAL_URL -H "Authorization: ApiKey ${ES_LOCAL_API_KEY}"
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To use the password for the `elastic` user, set and export the `ES_LOCAL_PASSWORD` environment variable. For example:
[source,sh]
----
source .env
export ES_LOCAL_PASSWORD
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// NOTCONSOLE
=== Send requests to Elasticsearch
@ -112,22 +121,23 @@ Here's an example curl command to create a new Elasticsearch index, using basic
[source,sh]
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curl -u elastic:$ELASTIC_PASSWORD \
curl -u elastic:$ES_LOCAL_PASSWORD \
-X PUT \
http://localhost:9200/my-new-index \
-H 'Content-Type: application/json'
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// NOTCONSOLE
==== Using a language client
To connect to your local dev Elasticsearch cluster with a language client, you can use basic authentication with the `elastic` username and the password you set in the environment variable.
To connect to your local dev Elasticsearch cluster with a language client, you can use basic authentication with the `elastic` username and the password stored in the `ES_LOCAL_PASSWORD` environment variable.
You'll use the following connection details:
* **Elasticsearch endpoint**: `http://localhost:9200`
* **Username**: `elastic`
* **Password**: `$ELASTIC_PASSWORD` (Value you set in the environment variable)
* **Password**: `$ES_LOCAL_PASSWORD` (Value you set in the environment variable)
For example, to connect with the Python `elasticsearch` client:
@ -137,7 +147,7 @@ import os
from elasticsearch import Elasticsearch
username = 'elastic'
password = os.getenv('ELASTIC_PASSWORD') # Value you set in the environment variable
password = os.getenv('ES_LOCAL_PASSWORD') # Value you set in the environment variable
client = Elasticsearch(
"http://localhost:9200",