# Create a user to use it with winlogbeat

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/create-a-user-to-use-it-with-winlogbeat/104396>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [October 18, 2017, 1:25pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/create-a-user-to-use-it-with-winlogbeat/104396 "2017-10-18T13:25:12Z")\
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**Author:** ![cdra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ea666f/32.png) [@cdra](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/cdra)\
**Post date:** [October 18, 2017, 1:25pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/create-a-user-to-use-it-with-winlogbeat/104396/1 "2017-10-18T13:25:13Z")

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We've a Windows standalone computer (Server1) with elasticsearch and kibana. Default installation.  
In other Windows server (server2) we've installed winlogbeat. We need to configure index template in Server1, so I think we need configure authentication. How should we do it ?

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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 15, 2017, 1:25pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/create-a-user-to-use-it-with-winlogbeat/104396/2 "2017-11-15T13:25:47Z")

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Closed on November 15, 2017, 1:25pm UTC

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