# Auditbeat encryption and dashboards

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/auditbeat-encryption-and-dashboards/243423>\
**Category:** Beats\
**Tags:** elastic-stack-security, auditbeat\
**Created:** [August 1, 2020, 12:40pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/auditbeat-encryption-and-dashboards/243423 "2020-08-01T12:40:16Z")\
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**Author:** ![elk6](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/elk6/32/72282_2.png) [@elk6](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/elk6)\
**Post date:** [August 1, 2020, 12:40pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/auditbeat-encryption-and-dashboards/243423/1 "2020-08-01T12:40:16Z")

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I'm a little overwhelmed and I was hoping someone could help me sort things out.

On each machine, I have auditbeat setup. On top of the audit logs, I also use auditbeat for the dashboards it provides in kibana (for failed logins and such).

1. Dashboards - For the dashboards to appear in kibana, do I need to set `setup.dashboards.enabled: true`? I noticed dashboard data coming to kibana directly (on port 5601). Is it possible to have it coming through Logstash or Elasticsearch?

2. Encryption - On filebeat, I have everything output to logstash and the encryption is working great.  
If I set auditbeat output to Logstash with the dashboards I get this error:

I saw suggestions to enable HTTPS but it should still encrypt that data nonetheless. I'm a little baffled by all of this and I was hoping someone could shed a light on it. Huge thanks ahead!

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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:** [August 29, 2020, 12:40pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/auditbeat-encryption-and-dashboards/243423/2 "2020-08-29T12:40:18Z")

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