# 2FA Auth

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/2fa-auth/231651>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Tags:** elastic-stack-security\
**Created:** [May 8, 2020, 2:38am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/2fa-auth/231651 "2020-05-08T02:38:40Z")\
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**Author:** ![rwr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e0b2c6/32.png) [@rwr](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/rwr)\
**Post date:** [May 8, 2020, 2:38am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/2fa-auth/231651/1 "2020-05-08T02:38:40Z")

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Hi All

I have a question, can kibana use 2 Factor Authentication ?

Thanks

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**Author:** ![Marius\_Dragomir](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/marius_dragomir/32/42087_2.png) [@Marius\_Dragomir](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Marius_Dragomir)\
**Post date:** [May 11, 2020, 4:33pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/2fa-auth/231651/2 "2020-05-11T16:33:19Z")

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By itself, no. But using the SAML or OpenID connectors, you will be able to use 2FA, with something like Okta for example.  
[https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/kibana/current/kibana-authentication.html](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/kibana/current/kibana-authentication.html)

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [June 8, 2020, 4:33pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/2fa-auth/231651/3 "2020-06-08T16:33:21Z")

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