# Elastic Data at Rest Encryption

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-data-at-rest-encryption/373746>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [January 27, 2025, 6:58pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-data-at-rest-encryption/373746 "2025-01-27T18:58:00Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Elk\_huh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d26b3c/32.png) [@Elk\_huh](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Elk_huh)\
**Post date:** [January 27, 2025, 6:58pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-data-at-rest-encryption/373746/1 "2025-01-27T18:58:00Z")

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Is there Data at rest Encryption on self-hosted Elasticsearch ? If so how can i achieve this

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**Author:** ![DavidTurner](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/davidturner/32/22453_2.png) [@DavidTurner](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/DavidTurner)\
**Post date:** [January 27, 2025, 8:39pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-data-at-rest-encryption/373746/2 "2025-01-27T20:39:48Z")

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There's nothing like that built-in, we prefer to delegate that to the system. It should work to use [dm-crypt](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dm-crypt) or similar.