# Disable authentification for elasticsearch

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/disable-authentification-for-elasticsearch/304862>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Tags:** elastic-stack-security\
**Created:** [May 16, 2022, 7:36pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/disable-authentification-for-elasticsearch/304862 "2022-05-16T19:36:32Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 9\
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**Author:** ![Ines\_ZAYANI](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/ines_zayani/32/104584_2.png) [@Ines\_ZAYANI](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Ines_ZAYANI)\
**Post date:** [May 16, 2022, 7:36pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/disable-authentification-for-elasticsearch/304862/1 "2022-05-16T19:36:32Z")

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hi everyone,  
can i delete my user elastic and the password and make kibana and elastic accessible without any authentication needed.

if so send me an article or a tutorial, thanks.

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**Author:** ![stephenb](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/stephenb/32/40856_2.png) [@stephenb](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/stephenb)\
**Post date:** [May 16, 2022, 8:38pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/disable-authentification-for-elasticsearch/304862/2 "2022-05-16T20:38:23Z")

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Hi @Ines_ZAYANI  
What Version?  
What Security Have you already Setup?

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**Author:** ![Ines\_ZAYANI](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/ines_zayani/32/104584_2.png) [@Ines\_ZAYANI](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Ines_ZAYANI)\
**Post date:** [May 16, 2022, 8:39pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/disable-authentification-for-elasticsearch/304862/3 "2022-05-16T20:39:23Z")

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hi there,  
v8.1

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**Author:** ![Ines\_ZAYANI](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/ines_zayani/32/104584_2.png) [@Ines\_ZAYANI](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Ines_ZAYANI)\
**Post date:** [May 16, 2022, 8:40pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/disable-authentification-for-elasticsearch/304862/4 "2022-05-16T20:40:08Z")

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i disables ssl for now but xpack is on

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**Author:** ![stephenb](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/stephenb/32/40856_2.png) [@stephenb](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/stephenb)\
**Post date:** [May 16, 2022, 8:42pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/disable-authentification-for-elasticsearch/304862/5 "2022-05-16T20:42:59Z")

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Set these two in the Elasticsearch.yml and restart

```auto
xpack.security.enabled: false
xpack.security.enrollment.enabled: false

```

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**Author:** ![Ines\_ZAYANI](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/ines_zayani/32/104584_2.png) [@Ines\_ZAYANI](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Ines_ZAYANI)\
**Post date:** [May 16, 2022, 8:44pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/disable-authentification-for-elasticsearch/304862/6 "2022-05-16T20:44:19Z")

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okay thank you very much for your answer!!

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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:** [May 16, 2022, 9:47pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/disable-authentification-for-elasticsearch/304862/7 "2022-05-16T21:47:54Z")

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Why do yo want to do this though?

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**Author:** ![Ines\_ZAYANI](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/ines_zayani/32/104584_2.png) [@Ines\_ZAYANI](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Ines_ZAYANI)\
**Post date:** [May 16, 2022, 10:03pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/disable-authentification-for-elasticsearch/304862/8 "2022-05-16T22:03:32Z")

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I'm trying to transfer data from app search which i used to index data into elastic, into prestashop via a module. That module won't connect to elastic server no matter what i do.

So i thought maybe it's because of the authentication so i thought about removing it since i couldn't find any place in the module's code to add my user and password.

Correct me if i'm wrong.

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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:** [June 13, 2022, 10:04pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/disable-authentification-for-elasticsearch/304862/9 "2022-06-13T22:04:24Z")

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