# Config roles in Kibana

**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/config-roles-in-kibana/274360
**Category:** Kibana
**Tags:** elastic-stack-security
**Created:** [May 28, 2021, 4:01pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/config-roles-in-kibana/274360 "2021-05-28T16:01:48Z")
**Posts on this page:** 6
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### Author: ![N1k-3l](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/n1k-3l/32/89418_2.png) [@N1k-3l](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/N1k-3l)
#### Post date: [May 28, 2021, 4:01pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/config-roles-in-kibana/274360/1 "2021-05-28T16:01:48Z")

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Hello!

I need to create a role only for viewing(read-only) Index Management. In Cluster privileges only one option( **manage** ) enables able to see Index Management. Does option exist to read-only access to it?  
 ![изображение](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/6/16e11b20ad9272a76875ff261122fc23e3d19ce1.png)

Thanks for help!

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### Author: ![Stratoula\_Kalafateli](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/stratoula_kalafateli/32/70923_2.png) [@Stratoula\_Kalafateli](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Stratoula_Kalafateli)
#### Post date: [May 31, 2021, 11:44am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/config-roles-in-kibana/274360/2 "2021-05-31T11:44:54Z")

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Hey @N1k-3l! Which version of kibana do you use? On the latest versions you can change the access like that

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/a/d/ad3346ca26586f294123fe633617600b6be1521b.png)

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### Author: ![N1k-3l](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/n1k-3l/32/89418_2.png) [@N1k-3l](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/N1k-3l)
#### Post date: [June 1, 2021, 4:59am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/config-roles-in-kibana/274360/3 "2021-06-01T04:59:21Z")

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I use v 7.11.2.

If I grant access privileges like this:  
 ![изображение](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/e/6/e6d7730ed801879c6124efbb9805f4eb2e4d64fc.png)

 ![изображение](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/d/8/d8b6b987288edfd6df34891a33194bd9a882fdf3.png)

User can delete index or change Mapping settings.

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### Author: ![Stratoula\_Kalafateli](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/stratoula_kalafateli/32/70923_2.png) [@Stratoula\_Kalafateli](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Stratoula_Kalafateli)
#### Post date: [June 1, 2021, 5:54am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/config-roles-in-kibana/274360/4 "2021-06-01T05:54:35Z")

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Oh I see now. [Here](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/7.12/index-mgmt.html) is the documentation about the permissions you can set for Index management but the read-only mode is not so straightforward yet! Here is the kibana issue [Read-only mode for Index management · Issue #77347 · elastic/kibana · GitHub](https://github.com/elastic/kibana/issues/77347)

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### Author: ![N1k-3l](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/n1k-3l/32/89418_2.png) [@N1k-3l](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/N1k-3l)
#### Post date: [June 3, 2021, 4:24am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/config-roles-in-kibana/274360/5 "2021-06-03T04:24:56Z")

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Thank you!

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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: [July 1, 2021, 4:25am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/config-roles-in-kibana/274360/6 "2021-07-01T04:25:30Z")

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