# Kibana

**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/c/elastic-stack/kibana/7.md?page=790

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## [Problems encountered in accessing the kibana interface](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/problems-encountered-in-accessing-the-kibana-interface/143810)

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**Author:** [@xionghaizi](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/xionghaizi)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [August 10, 2018, 8:16am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/problems-encountered-in-accessing-the-kibana-interface/143810 "2018-08-10T08:16:11Z")

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Why do I need to enter a username and password, but I can't This is an error message on my virtual machine.

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## [Create histogram with count of sessions](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/create-histogram-with-count-of-sessions/143335)

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**Author:** [@Matjo](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Matjo)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [August 10, 2018, 6:13am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/create-histogram-with-count-of-sessions/143335 "2018-08-10T06:13:57Z")

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Hi! I have data containing userid and sessionid (each session can be several events). I would like to visualize how many sessions each user has participated in and show in a histogram something like this: Is this pos…

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## [Limit the number of active concurrent sessions](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/limit-the-number-of-active-concurrent-sessions/143788)

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**Author:** [@talon](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/talon)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [August 10, 2018, 5:44am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/limit-the-number-of-active-concurrent-sessions/143788 "2018-08-10T05:44:42Z")

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Does kibana can limit the number of active concurrent sessions that are allowed for each account as appropriate (e.g. administrator\*\* accounts developer account, user accounts) we have enable the saml authentication in…

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## [Kibana browser support (IE-11)?](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-browser-support-ie-11/143770)

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**Author:** [@ehfdub](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ehfdub)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [August 10, 2018, 1:25am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-browser-support-ie-11/143770 "2018-08-10T01:25:05Z")

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Hello, https://www.elastic.co/support/matrix#matrix\_browsers claims that Kibana supports IE-11. But when I view localhost:5601 in an IE-11 browser all of the kibana "gauge controls" have both horizontal and vertical sc…

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## [How to activate security at kubernetes (es, kibana 6.3.2)](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-activate-security-at-kubernetes-es-kibana-6-3-2/143608)

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**Author:** [@kimchigood](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/kimchigood)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [August 10, 2018, 12:44am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-activate-security-at-kubernetes-es-kibana-6-3-2/143608 "2018-08-10T00:44:50Z")

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i installed elasticsearch and kibana 6.3.2 from docker images. (kubernetes environment) and then i change to trail license. now i can see the x-pack funtion. but i can't activate security funtion (log-in /log-out) i a…

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## [Cannot access grokdebugger in Kibana6 on FreeBSD 11](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cannot-access-grokdebugger-in-kibana6-on-freebsd-11/143609)

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**Author:** [@9234](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/9234)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [August 9, 2018, 10:29pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cannot-access-grokdebugger-in-kibana6-on-freebsd-11/143609 "2018-08-09T22:29:51Z")

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This is a cross posting from https://stackoverflow.com/questions/51754200/cannot-access-grokdebugger-in-kibana-6-on-freebsd-11 . I have posted its contents here. Thank you. It appears that my kibana installation did not…

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## [Regex in query bar - get results for strings that don't start with '/'](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/regex-in-query-bar-get-results-for-strings-that-dont-start-with/143702)

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**Author:** [@Kevin854](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Kevin854)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [August 9, 2018, 9:21pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/regex-in-query-bar-get-results-for-strings-that-dont-start-with/143702 "2018-08-09T21:21:09Z")

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I'm trying to filter out all products that start with a forward slash. Is there a way to do this with the query bar? My field: i.Product Code/UPC.keyword I've been trying: "i.Product Code/UPC.keyword"=/(?!/)\*/ but t…

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## [Visualization over an ES query](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/visualization-over-an-es-query/143760)

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**Author:** [@mehdi-gital](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/mehdi-gital)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [August 9, 2018, 8:18pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/visualization-over-an-es-query/143760 "2018-08-09T20:18:41Z")

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This might be a basic question but I've looked around and haven't found my answer. How do I go about creating a visualization (say a pie chart with count aggregation, split slices with a range aggregation, etc) but I'm …

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## [Kibana User Guide Download in PDF](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-user-guide-download-in-pdf/143674)

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**Author:** [@waqark3389](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/waqark3389)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [August 9, 2018, 7:39pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-user-guide-download-in-pdf/143674 "2018-08-09T19:39:52Z")

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Is there a way I can download the Kibana user guide in PDF (or any similar output). https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/kibana/current/index.html - I basically need all of this so I can use this offline in a sense for train…

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## [Coordinates of points on the map of Vega](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/coordinates-of-points-on-the-map-of-vega/143637)

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**Author:** [@1862347ba9566e72a47d](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/1862347ba9566e72a47d)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [August 9, 2018, 7:21pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/coordinates-of-points-on-the-map-of-vega/143637 "2018-08-09T19:21:47Z")

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Hello! To build a map with geo-coordinates (latitude and longitude) I use the Vega plugin. Here is an example that https://github.com/nyurik/kibana-vega-vis/blob/master/examples/custom-map/vega-code.json I can not figu…

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## [Render my plugin can be downloaded from Github](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/render-my-plugin-can-be-downloaded-from-github/143746)

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**Author:** [@asallemi](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/asallemi)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [August 9, 2018, 6:58pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/render-my-plugin-can-be-downloaded-from-github/143746 "2018-08-09T18:58:39Z")

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Hello, I need to render my developed plugin downloded from an arbitrary URL like Github. For example: ./bin/kibana-plugin install https://github.com/XXX/my\_plugin/releases/download/6.3.0/my\_plugin-6.3.0.zip How can…

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## [Kibana Dashboard compare](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-dashboard-compare/143626)

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**Author:** [@bab](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/bab)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [August 9, 2018, 4:30pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-dashboard-compare/143626 "2018-08-09T16:30:10Z")

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hello guys, I have a requirement that I need to create two dashboards that contain visualizations about the IBM Response\_Code DATA like FNRCE0024E. It has two different visualisization: one for one month and the other V…

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## [Painless scripted field with regex syntax](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/painless-scripted-field-with-regex-syntax/143572)

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**Author:** [@SonJ](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/SonJ)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [August 9, 2018, 4:23pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/painless-scripted-field-with-regex-syntax/143572 "2018-08-09T16:23:34Z")

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Hi, Here is how my massage column (under available fields) looks like: \[2018-07-12 19:02:09.050\]\[\]\[\]\[\] TRANS | app | TRANS | \[ud.queue.name=UDReplyQueue\_\]\[req=HDRA2||MSN| NP\*\*||\]\[exec.time=435\]\[usw.time=435\]\[resp=HDRA2…

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## [Displaying a "default value" for the metric widget when no filters are being applied](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/displaying-a-default-value-for-the-metric-widget-when-no-filters-are-being-applied/143397)

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**Author:** [@d\_s](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/d_s)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [August 9, 2018, 3:31pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/displaying-a-default-value-for-the-metric-widget-when-no-filters-are-being-applied/143397 "2018-08-09T15:31:27Z")

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Hello all! I am attempting to use the metric widget in order to display the temperature of a machine. Currently, the way I have things set up is to have a metric widget that uses the Top Hit aggregation on the temperatu…

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## [Visualization with Date different between 2 fields](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/visualization-with-date-different-between-2-fields/143701)

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**Author:** [@ginu](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ginu)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [August 9, 2018, 1:52pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/visualization-with-date-different-between-2-fields/143701 "2018-08-09T13:52:27Z")

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Hi there I have 2 Date fields Field1 and Field2 and LABEL. I need to have a visualization which is a list which shows the difference in seconds for all the items: |Items| timeTakeninSeconds| |LABEL1| (Field2-Field1).s…

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## [Unable to fetch data from kibana collector](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-fetch-data-from-kibana-collector/142196)

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**Author:** [@alexus](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/alexus)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [August 9, 2018, 1:43pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-fetch-data-from-kibana-collector/142196 "2018-08-09T13:43:15Z")

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I'm Running Kibana on Docker and seeing quite a lot following message in my logs: Unable to fetch data from kibana collector Please advise.

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## [Theming Kibana on Elastic Cloud](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/theming-kibana-on-elastic-cloud/143524)

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**Author:** [@kungfu](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/kungfu)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [August 9, 2018, 1:36pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/theming-kibana-on-elastic-cloud/143524 "2018-08-09T13:36:51Z")

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Hello. In the company I work for we are recent users of Elastic Cloud. We have defined two clusters, one for production and one for non-production stuff. My concern is that both Kibanas looks the same, making it diffic…

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## [Percentage of docs which contain keyword in array field](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/percentage-of-docs-which-contain-keyword-in-array-field/140761)

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**Author:** [@Jasper\_Timm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Jasper_Timm)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [August 9, 2018, 1:12pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/percentage-of-docs-which-contain-keyword-in-array-field/140761 "2018-08-09T13:12:02Z")

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Hi there, I have data with a field with values that are an array of strings. For each unique string, I'm trying to get it's percentage for the total doc count in the index, displayed as a bar graph for each keyword. i.…

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## [Kibana upgrade form 6.3.0 to 6.3.2](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-upgrade-form-6-3-0-to-6-3-2/143655)

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**Author:** [@rahulnama](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/rahulnama)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [August 9, 2018, 10:35am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-upgrade-form-6-3-0-to-6-3-2/143655 "2018-08-09T10:35:19Z")

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Will upgrading kibana from 6.3.0 to 6.3.2 have any impact on my data or existing dashboards?

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## [Tracking user activity](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/tracking-user-activity/142765)

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**Author:** [@Marcos\_Felix](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Marcos_Felix)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [August 9, 2018, 9:07am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/tracking-user-activity/142765 "2018-08-09T09:07:55Z")

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Hello, I am wondering if it is possible to track a users activity to see who they are communicating with using Kibana?

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## [Kibana not displaying fields with more than 300 characters](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-not-displaying-fields-with-more-than-300-characters/143540)

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**Author:** [@Moka](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Moka)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [August 9, 2018, 8:33am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-not-displaying-fields-with-more-than-300-characters/143540 "2018-08-09T08:33:10Z")

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Hello , I'm using kibana to display log messages that have more than 300 characters .I already modified the "ignore\_above" parameter in the mappings. I've done some tests manually : string : length =295 characters =\> …

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## [What is the meaning of " throughput " in kibana?](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/what-is-the-meaning-of-throughput-in-kibana/143469)

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**Author:** [@med\_amine](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/med_amine)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [August 9, 2018, 7:52am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/what-is-the-meaning-of-throughput-in-kibana/143469 "2018-08-09T07:52:22Z")

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hello guys, i ask what is the meaning of "throughput" in kibana dashborading and how can i implement this !! , please feel free if you have any information about it ! cordially , Med Amine

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## [Kibana 6.2.4 performance issue on complex table aggregation](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-6-2-4-performance-issue-on-complex-table-aggregation/143440)

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**Author:** [@asp](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/asp)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [August 9, 2018, 7:15am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-6-2-4-performance-issue-on-complex-table-aggregation/143440 "2018-08-09T07:15:12Z")

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Hi all, i am running kibana 6.2.4 on top of ES 6.2.3 and I have performance issues on specific we are logging each user request and put it into elasticsearch. There we have parsed different fields: userName serviceCa…

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## [Fake trigger on Status.data object](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/fake-trigger-on-status-data-object/142687)

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**Author:** [@guanghaofan](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/guanghaofan)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [August 9, 2018, 6:14am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/fake-trigger-on-status-data-object/142687 "2018-08-09T06:14:41Z")

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Kibana version: 6.3.0 I'm developing my own Kibana-plugin, which is a basic Visualization Type plugin. As the guide said: Status object has the following properties: aggs, data, params, resize, time, uniState. Each o…

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## [Creating "Arms Transfer" like visualization](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/creating-arms-transfer-like-visualization/143428)

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**Author:** [@Nikhil\_Utane](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Nikhil_Utane)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [August 9, 2018, 6:04am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/creating-arms-transfer-like-visualization/143428 "2018-08-09T06:04:26Z")

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Hi, I am sure most of you would have seen this stunning visualization. I want to create a similar one that shows movements of users across different servers. The above one has been created using 'Processing' which appea…

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## [Send files from Windows to kibana endpoint in aws](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/send-files-from-windows-to-kibana-endpoint-in-aws/143443)

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**Author:** [@navin205](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/navin205)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [August 9, 2018, 5:50am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/send-files-from-windows-to-kibana-endpoint-in-aws/143443 "2018-08-09T05:50:54Z")

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Hi, I have a data file that needs to be sent from my local PC to kibana endpoint in AWS through Powershell I am very new and still catching up, Please suggest

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## [How can i disable infiniteScroll in discover doc\_table and make it pageiable](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-can-i-disable-infinitescroll-in-discover-doc-table-and-make-it-pageiable/143433)

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**Author:** [@whoami](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/whoami)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [August 9, 2018, 5:37am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-can-i-disable-infinitescroll-in-discover-doc-table-and-make-it-pageiable/143433 "2018-08-09T05:37:47Z")

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kibana version: 6.3.2 i try to use infinite-scroll = false in discover doc table like below: \<doc-table hits="rows" index-pattern="indexPattern" sorting="state.sort" …

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## [Security for Kibana alone](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/security-for-kibana-alone/143519)

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**Author:** [@lokeshdotp](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/lokeshdotp)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [August 9, 2018, 5:22am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/security-for-kibana-alone/143519 "2018-08-09T05:22:07Z")

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Hi Forum Can I install xpack for Kibana, and enable auth for Kibana web app, without installing xpack on elasticsearch and without enabling auth on elasticsearch? Thanks Lokesh

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## [Dashboard access](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/dashboard-access/143467)

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**Author:** [@Tek\_Chand](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Tek_Chand)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [August 9, 2018, 3:37am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/dashboard-access/143467 "2018-08-09T03:37:11Z")

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Hello All, I have 5 dashboard in kibana like dashboard1, dash2, dash3, dash4, dash5. But i want to provide access of only single dashboard to a user i.e dash3. I am using Kibana6.2.4. How can we do that? Please help …

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## [Clarification about LDAP Authentication](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/clarification-about-ldap-authentication/143355)

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**Author:** [@Rybo213](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Rybo213)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [August 9, 2018, 3:08am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/clarification-about-ldap-authentication/143355 "2018-08-09T03:08:04Z")

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I currently have a 6.2.3 free trial license system with one Logstash server, an Elasticsearch cluster (one master with 2 nodes) , and a Kibana server. We would like to integrate Kibana with an LDAP server, so that users …

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