# Access RBAC features on Kibana without having to enable SSL on ElasticSearch

**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/access-rbac-features-on-kibana-without-having-to-enable-ssl-on-elasticsearch/352234
**Category:** Kibana
**Created:** [January 31, 2024, 10:57pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/access-rbac-features-on-kibana-without-having-to-enable-ssl-on-elasticsearch/352234 "2024-01-31T22:57:25Z")
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### Author: ![Albatross](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/albatross/32/131300_2.png) [@Albatross](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Albatross)
#### Post date: [January 31, 2024, 10:57pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/access-rbac-features-on-kibana-without-having-to-enable-ssl-on-elasticsearch/352234/1 "2024-01-31T22:57:25Z")

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I have a multi-node ES Cluster with mandatory in-house mTLS capabilities between different nodes hence I do not want to enable SSL on Elastic Search. However, I would like to take advantage of the RBAC features available on Kibana. What could be a workaround to get this working?

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### Author: ![yago82](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/yago82/32/97755_2.png) [@yago82](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/yago82)
#### Post date: [February 2, 2024, 5:33pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/access-rbac-features-on-kibana-without-having-to-enable-ssl-on-elasticsearch/352234/2 "2024-02-02T17:33:33Z")

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> [@Albatross](#):
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> I have a multi-node ES Cluster with mandatory in-house mTLS capabilities between different nodes hence I do not want to enable SSL on Elastic Search. However, I would like to take advantage of the RBAC features available on Kibana. What could be a workaround to get this working?

Hi,

If you want to use the Role-Based Access Control (RBAC) features of Kibana, you will need to enable X-Pack Security on your Elasticsearch cluster. X-Pack Security provides a number of security features, including RBAC, but it also requires that you enable SSL/TLS for internode communication.

Regards

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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: [March 1, 2024, 5:34pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/access-rbac-features-on-kibana-without-having-to-enable-ssl-on-elasticsearch/352234/3 "2024-03-01T17:34:09Z")

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