# Auto-authenticating to iframe-embedded Kibana dashboard

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/auto-authenticating-to-iframe-embedded-kibana-dashboard/46091>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Created:** [April 1, 2016, 7:05pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/auto-authenticating-to-iframe-embedded-kibana-dashboard/46091 "2016-04-01T19:05:20Z")\
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> [@jordansparked](#):
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> Is there any way to programmatically provide the user/password so that the user automatically auths and the dashboard is displayed?

If you are using Shield 2.3, and you have the front-end plugin installed in Kibana, then yes, this is possible. It doesn't work as you've put in your example.

Instead, pass a valid Basic Authorization header with the request will cause Shield will validate the session, creating and using an authorization cookie in the background.

Note that prior to 2.3, I don't believe this was possible at all.

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