# API key

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/api-key/150365>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [September 28, 2018, 4:04pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/api-key/150365 "2018-09-28T16:04:23Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![mc1392](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/57b2e6/32.png) [@mc1392](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/mc1392)\
**Post date:** [September 28, 2018, 4:04pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/api-key/150365/1 "2018-09-28T16:04:23Z")

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Is there a way to create an API key instead of a username:password combination?

If not, do I just create users using Kibana?

This is old stuff, but I'm a bit rusty 😀

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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:** [October 26, 2018, 4:04pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/api-key/150365/2 "2018-10-26T16:04:23Z")

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