# API to Configure Elasticsearch 7.5 **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [January 7, 2020, 8:18pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/api-to-configure-elasticsearch-7-5/214125 "2020-01-07T20:18:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![balogan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b5e925/32.png) [@balogan](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/balogan)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2020, 8:18pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/api-to-configure-elasticsearch-7-5/214125/1 "2020-01-07T20:18:26Z")
I have the needed xpack configs that go in elasticsearch.yml to get LDAP to work with Elasticsearch now I need the API to automate building it but I can't find it anywhere. I tried adding the configs to elasticsearch.yml followed by restarting the cluster in a 1 node cluster, and it tanked the deployment. ECE 2.4.3 Elasticsearch/Kibana 7.5.0 ---
**Author:** ![balogan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b5e925/32.png) [@balogan](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/balogan)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2020, 4:10pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/api-to-configure-elasticsearch-7-5/214125/2 "2020-01-10T16:10:30Z")
I figured this out. The LDAP configs go in for this key user\_settings\_yaml in the JSON for the data nodes in the API that builds the cluster. I had to do a display of the cluster using the API to get the syntax after putting the LDAP configs in the UI. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2020, 4:10pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/api-to-configure-elasticsearch-7-5/214125/3 "2020-02-07T16:10:32Z")
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