# Can I only install X-Pack for Kinbana

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-i-only-install-x-pack-for-kinbana/102125>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [September 28, 2017, 1:57pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-i-only-install-x-pack-for-kinbana/102125 "2017-09-28T13:57:05Z")\
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**Author:** ![feijiangnan](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/feijiangnan/32/20893_2.png) [@feijiangnan](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/feijiangnan)\
**Post date:** [September 28, 2017, 1:57pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-i-only-install-x-pack-for-kinbana/102125/1 "2017-09-28T13:57:05Z")

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Hi there,

I installed x-pack for Kibana, Elasticsearch and Logstash twice, and it messed up my ELK twice. To my scenario, I only need protect Kibana.

Can I only install x-pack for Kibana to make user has to login?

Regards,

Fei

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**Author:** ![mujtabahussain](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/mujtabahussain/32/17514_2.png) [@mujtabahussain](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/mujtabahussain)\
**Post date:** [September 28, 2017, 2:03pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-i-only-install-x-pack-for-kinbana/102125/2 "2017-09-28T14:03:37Z")

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I am not sure you can or that you should. All of Kibana details are stored in elasticsearch. All kibana is is essentially a whole heap of amazing javascript.

You should protect the entire cluster and not just a front end as data is being sent between Kibana and ES. You need to protect that level of communication as well.

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**Author:** ![Stephen\_Le\_Bel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c37758/32.png) [@Stephen\_Le\_Bel](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Stephen_Le_Bel)\
**Post date:** [September 28, 2017, 2:33pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-i-only-install-x-pack-for-kinbana/102125/3 "2017-09-28T14:33:49Z")

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No, Kibana is mostly a set of plugins. x-pack is installed on kibana to support the x-pack in elasticsearch.

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**Author:** ![warkolm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/warkolm/32/39224_2.png) [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)\
**Post date:** [September 28, 2017, 11:11pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-i-only-install-x-pack-for-kinbana/102125/4 "2017-09-28T23:11:26Z")

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If you want to use the Security functionality in X-Pack you need it on both Elasticsearch and Kibana.

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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:** [October 26, 2017, 11:12pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-i-only-install-x-pack-for-kinbana/102125/5 "2017-10-26T23:12:22Z")

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