# Api key authentication on ElasticSearch 7.10.02 OSS

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/api-key-authentication-on-elasticsearch-7-10-02-oss/380164>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Tags:** elastic-stack-security\
**Created:** [July 16, 2025, 7:31am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/api-key-authentication-on-elasticsearch-7-10-02-oss/380164 "2025-07-16T07:31:01Z")\
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**Author:** ![qasidmubashir](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/qasidmubashir/32/144187_2.png) [@qasidmubashir](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/qasidmubashir)\
**Post date:** [July 16, 2025, 7:31am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/api-key-authentication-on-elasticsearch-7-10-02-oss/380164/1 "2025-07-16T07:31:01Z")

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We are using Elasticsearch 7.10.02 OSS hosted on OpenSearch service on AWS  
Currently we are connecting our .net project to Elk using BasicAuthentication (Username Password),  
we are trying to switch to using apikey  
Need to know if we can do that with this stack and how ?

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**Author:** ![Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/christian_dahlqvist/32/4617_2.png) [@Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Christian_Dahlqvist)\
**Post date:** [July 16, 2025, 7:48am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/api-key-authentication-on-elasticsearch-7-10-02-oss/380164/2 "2025-07-16T07:48:48Z")

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Elasticsearch 7.10 OSS does not have any built in security, so any security that exists would be provided by third party plugins that are not supported in this forum. I suspect you will need to contact AWS support for this.

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**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:** [July 18, 2025, 9:36am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/api-key-authentication-on-elasticsearch-7-10-02-oss/380164/4 "2025-07-18T09:36:53Z")

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