# Doubts about Encrypting data at rest

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/doubts-about-encrypting-data-at-rest/115757>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [January 16, 2018, 4:31pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/doubts-about-encrypting-data-at-rest/115757 "2018-01-16T16:31:40Z")\
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**Author:** ![agonex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e9c0ed/32.png) [@agonex](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/agonex)\
**Post date:** [January 16, 2018, 4:31pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/doubts-about-encrypting-data-at-rest/115757/1 "2018-01-16T16:31:40Z")

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Hi, I need to know if exist any guide or case to know how configure encrypt in rest. Its necessary for me make sure data at rest and not suffering changes in data visualization in kibana.

Some forums talking about dm-crypt. can i use dm-crypt without losing capabilities from elk suite?

Thanks in Advance....

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**Author:** ![s1monw](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/s1monw/32/3637_2.png) [@s1monw](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/s1monw)\
**Post date:** [January 19, 2018, 1:25pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/doubts-about-encrypting-data-at-rest/115757/2 "2018-01-19T13:25:41Z")

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you can safely use dm-crypt. we also use this in our SAAS offering as announced [here](https://www.elastic.co/blog/elastic-stack-5-3-0-released)

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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 16, 2018, 1:25pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/doubts-about-encrypting-data-at-rest/115757/3 "2018-02-16T13:25:51Z")

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