# Elastic Data Security (Can we encrypt Lucene Index Files?)

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-data-security-can-we-encrypt-lucene-index-files/71783>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [January 16, 2017, 9:30pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-data-security-can-we-encrypt-lucene-index-files/71783 "2017-01-16T21:30:14Z")\
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**Author:** ![ilyasjaan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9fc29f/32.png) [@ilyasjaan](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ilyasjaan)\
**Post date:** [January 16, 2017, 9:30pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-data-security-can-we-encrypt-lucene-index-files/71783/1 "2017-01-16T21:30:14Z")

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Hi there....

I am looking to explore ES stack...

One thing that I want to know is as it is all file based on local drives. Is there a way we can encrypt the data in those files? Because some clients this is policy to encrypt any file that is stored on server.

Thanks in advance for help!

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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:** [January 16, 2017, 9:32pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-data-security-can-we-encrypt-lucene-index-files/71783/2 "2017-01-16T21:32:53Z")

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There is nothing native at this stage.  
You can try volume level encryption, ie by the OS.

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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 13, 2017, 9:33pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-data-security-can-we-encrypt-lucene-index-files/71783/3 "2017-02-13T21:33:03Z")

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