# Auto-authenticate Kibana 5.3 dashboard embedded in iframe

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/auto-authenticate-kibana-5-3-dashboard-embedded-in-iframe/85059>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Created:** [May 9, 2017, 10:22am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/auto-authenticate-kibana-5-3-dashboard-embedded-in-iframe/85059 "2017-05-09T10:22:36Z")\
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**Author:** ![weltenwort](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/weltenwort/32/53885_2.png) [@weltenwort](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/weltenwort)\
**Post date:** [May 10, 2017, 10:19am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/auto-authenticate-kibana-5-3-dashboard-embedded-in-iframe/85059/4 "2017-05-10T10:19:54Z")

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Making a preparatory ajax request to `/api/security/v1/login` to set the cookie as suggested in [Authenticating to iframe-embedded Kibana dashboard](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/authenticating-to-iframe-embedded-kibana-dashboard/71129/7) might work. If the cookie is set correctly, the login screen should not be shown.

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