# Custom rate limit per user

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/custom-rate-limit-per-user/263592>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [February 8, 2021, 12:03pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/custom-rate-limit-per-user/263592 "2021-02-08T12:03:18Z")\
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**Author:** ![lstoneir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b9bd4f/32.png) [@lstoneir](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/lstoneir)\
**Post date:** [February 8, 2021, 12:03pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/custom-rate-limit-per-user/263592/1 "2021-02-08T12:03:18Z")

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can we define custom rate limit for each user of elastic?  
for example `kibana` user rate limit: 10 request every minute!

can do this?

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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:** [February 8, 2021, 12:37pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/custom-rate-limit-per-user/263592/2 "2021-02-08T12:37:04Z")

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No, not that I am aware of.

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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:** [February 8, 2021, 10:41pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/custom-rate-limit-per-user/263592/3 "2021-02-08T22:41:06Z")

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There's nothing native to the Elastic Stack that can do that sorry.

You would need an external proxy/limiter.

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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:** [March 8, 2021, 10:41pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/custom-rate-limit-per-user/263592/4 "2021-03-08T22:41:08Z")

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