# Creating multiple users for Kibana/Elasticsearch

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/creating-multiple-users-for-kibana-elasticsearch/162903>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [January 4, 2019, 7:22am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/creating-multiple-users-for-kibana-elasticsearch/162903 "2019-01-04T07:22:59Z")\
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**Author:** ![KindTomato](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f14d63/32.png) [@KindTomato](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/KindTomato)\
**Post date:** [January 4, 2019, 7:22am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/creating-multiple-users-for-kibana-elasticsearch/162903/1 "2019-01-04T07:22:59Z")

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Hey, I wanted to move from default one user on kibana and create multiple. I'v been stuck doing it for couple of hours now so .. here I am : ).

Running Elasticsearch 6.5.2-1(x-pack is installed by default and I believe it should be done with it - I considered running nginx proxy and 'shield' plugin on elasticsearch to allow mulitple user authentication - but that's a work-around - there is x-pack and has to be configured somehow with it 😛 unless you know better way. | Kibana 6.5.2.-1

Atm I'm back to square one so if anyone know few instructions on how to create new default user and later more users - I'l be really greatefull

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**Author:** ![Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/christian_dahlqvist/32/4617_2.png) [@Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Christian_Dahlqvist)\
**Post date:** [January 4, 2019, 7:45am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/creating-multiple-users-for-kibana-elasticsearch/162903/2 "2019-01-04T07:45:21Z")

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Security is not part of the default free Basic license, so first you need to make sure you have a commercial or trial license. Once you have this in place you should be able to create users and roles.

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**Author:** ![A\_B](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/a_b/32/17104_2.png) [@A\_B](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/A_B)\
**Post date:** [January 4, 2019, 10:01am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/creating-multiple-users-for-kibana-elasticsearch/162903/3 "2019-01-04T10:01:16Z")

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Hi @KindTomato,

X-pack security is definitely the easier way to go. There is another option which is [SearchGuard](https://search-guard.com/product/), the community edition is free. It will need much more effort in setting up and configuring but could do what you need.

I am in no way affiliated with either Elastic or SearchGuard. I do not have a preference. I have tried X-pack under the trial license and it was very straight forward and did the job nicely. I have been meaning to test out SearchGuard for a long time but have not had the time to invest in the configuration yet.

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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:** [February 1, 2019, 10:01am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/creating-multiple-users-for-kibana-elasticsearch/162903/4 "2019-02-01T10:01:27Z")

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