# Does Shield offer other forms of authentication

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/does-shield-offer-other-forms-of-authentication/47716>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Tags:** elastic-stack-security\
**Created:** [April 18, 2016, 9:26pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/does-shield-offer-other-forms-of-authentication/47716 "2016-04-18T21:26:18Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![tlv324](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/46a35a/32.png) [@tlv324](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/tlv324)\
**Post date:** [April 18, 2016, 9:26pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/does-shield-offer-other-forms-of-authentication/47716/1 "2016-04-18T21:26:18Z")

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So I know that Shield can be used with Basic HTTP Authentication, but are there any other ways that Shield supports Authentication?

Thanks in advance.

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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:** [April 18, 2016, 9:28pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/does-shield-offer-other-forms-of-authentication/47716/2 "2016-04-18T21:28:57Z")

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Sure does - [https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/shield/current/setting-up-authentication.html](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/shield/current/setting-up-authentication.html)

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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:** [July 6, 2017, 1:45pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/does-shield-offer-other-forms-of-authentication/47716/3 "2017-07-06T13:45:21Z")

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