# Adding Secure Remote Clusters (OpenSearch Security and X-Pack Enabled Elasticsearch) in Kibana **URL:** \ **Category:** Kibana\ **Created:** [October 24, 2024, 5:47am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/adding-secure-remote-clusters-opensearch-security-and-x-pack-enabled-elasticsearch-in-kibana/369319 "2024-10-24T05:47:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ejox](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/ejox/32/138651_2.png) [@ejox](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ejox)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2024, 5:47am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/adding-secure-remote-clusters-opensearch-security-and-x-pack-enabled-elasticsearch-in-kibana/369319/1 "2024-10-24T05:47:38Z")
Hey, We are reaching out to seek guidance and support for integrating secure remote clusters (e.g., OpenSearch Security and X-Pack enabled Elasticsearch) within Kibana Our goal is to seamlessly connect and visualize data from remote clusters while ensuring security compliance and smooth inter-cluster communication. Is there any way to do it? ---
**Author:** ![dadoonet](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dadoonet/32/137187_2.png) [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2024, 7:28am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/adding-secure-remote-clusters-opensearch-security-and-x-pack-enabled-elasticsearch-in-kibana/369319/2 "2024-10-24T07:28:32Z")
Welcome! You can't communicate between Elasticsearch and OpenSearch as they are not the same product. If that was your question. If I'm not answering your question, could you elaborate a bit more? ---
**Author:** ![ejox](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/ejox/32/138651_2.png) [@ejox](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ejox)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2024, 8:13am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/adding-secure-remote-clusters-opensearch-security-and-x-pack-enabled-elasticsearch-in-kibana/369319/4 "2024-10-24T08:13:27Z")
Thank you for your response. I know that they are not the same product, but since OpenSearch was forked from Elasticsearch, their API requests are quite similar. Therefore, we would expect to be able to add it. If that's not possible, it's okay. Regarding our other question: how can we add an X-Pack enabled Elasticsearch cluster to Kibana remote clusters? Because there is a layer which is username and password. @dadoonet ---
**Author:** ![dadoonet](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dadoonet/32/137187_2.png) [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2024, 8:37am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/adding-secure-remote-clusters-opensearch-security-and-x-pack-enabled-elasticsearch-in-kibana/369319/5 "2024-10-24T08:37:48Z")
Which version? If not 7.17 or better 8.15, then upgrade. All what you need is built in. ---
**Author:** ![leandrojmp](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/leandrojmp/32/107231_2.png) [@leandrojmp](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/leandrojmp)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2024, 1:39pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/adding-secure-remote-clusters-opensearch-security-and-x-pack-enabled-elasticsearch-in-kibana/369319/6 "2024-10-24T13:39:31Z")
> [@ejox](#): > > I know that they are not the same product, but since OpenSearch was forked from Elasticsearch, their API requests are quite similar. Therefore, we would expect to be able to add it. If that's not possible, it's okay. That's not possible, Opensearch and Elasticsearch are not compatible, they may have similar APIs, but some things are completely different, for example the entire authentication and authorization layer is different. Many other things are completely different as well. > [@ejox](#): > > how can we add an X-Pack enabled Elasticsearch cluster to Kibana remote clusters? Because there is a layer which is username and password. Can you provide more context on what you want to do? The authentication is done in Elasticsearch, so to configure Kibana to access an Elasticsearch cluster with security enabled, you need to configure the Kibana credentials in `kibana.yml`. This [documentation](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/security-minimal-setup.html#add-built-in-users) may help a little.