# Can I enable Elasticsearch with ssl without authentication **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Tags:** elastic-stack-security\ **Created:** [September 28, 2022, 5:40am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-i-enable-elasticsearch-with-ssl-without-authentication/315322 "2022-09-28T05:40:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![yasin\_mohammed](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/yasin_mohammed/32/64406_2.png) [@yasin\_mohammed](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/yasin_mohammed)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2022, 5:40am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-i-enable-elasticsearch-with-ssl-without-authentication/315322/1 "2022-09-28T05:40:34Z")
Hi... As we are planning to use Elasticsearch ssl and have authentication enabled at firewall is it possible disable Elasticsearch authentication and keep only ssl ---
**Author:** ![Yang\_Wang](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/yang_wang/32/48857_2.png) [@Yang\_Wang](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Yang_Wang)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2022, 7:40am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-i-enable-elasticsearch-with-ssl-without-authentication/315322/2 "2022-09-28T07:40:42Z")
No you cannot disable authentication. The closet thing you can get is to [enable anonymous access](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/anonymous-access.html). ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2022, 7:41am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-i-enable-elasticsearch-with-ssl-without-authentication/315322/3 "2022-10-26T07:41:38Z")
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