# Basic License Authentication Types

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/basic-license-authentication-types/205277>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Created:** [October 25, 2019, 2:20pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/basic-license-authentication-types/205277 "2019-10-25T14:20:12Z")\
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**Author:** ![wwalker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/43a26b/32.png) [@wwalker](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/wwalker)\
**Post date:** [October 25, 2019, 2:20pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/basic-license-authentication-types/205277/1 "2019-10-25T14:20:12Z")

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What types of authentication are supported under the free, basic license?

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**Author:** ![wylie](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/wylie/32/81794_2.png) [@wylie](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/wylie)\
**Post date:** [October 25, 2019, 2:32pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/basic-license-authentication-types/205277/2 "2019-10-25T14:32:56Z")

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You can see all the options on this page: [https://www.elastic.co/subscriptions](https://www.elastic.co/subscriptions)

From there, I see that Basic has file and native authentication.

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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:** [November 22, 2019, 2:32pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/basic-license-authentication-types/205277/3 "2019-11-22T14:32:57Z")

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