# Do we need to install nginx to bypass authentication of kibana dashboards when embeded in an external application?

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**Category:** Kibana\
**Created:** [July 12, 2023, 4:51am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/do-we-need-to-install-nginx-to-bypass-authentication-of-kibana-dashboards-when-embeded-in-an-external-application/338168 "2023-07-12T04:51:34Z")\
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**Post date:** [July 13, 2023, 8:39am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/do-we-need-to-install-nginx-to-bypass-authentication-of-kibana-dashboards-when-embeded-in-an-external-application/338168/5 "2023-07-13T08:39:19Z")

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> [@Kibana dashboard to limited anonymous user](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-dashboard-to-limited-anonymous-user/338086):
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> Hi I want my dashboard to be viewable to limited no of users, but I dont want them to get into login page. Can it be done? I know kibana support anonymous authentication but that will open my dashboard for public which I dont want. TIA

I would recommend following this discussion 🙂

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