# Elastic shield for ssl **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [March 29, 2018, 11:49am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-shield-for-ssl/126084 "2018-03-29T11:49:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![visha\_viji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d78d45/32.png) [@visha\_viji](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/visha_viji)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2018, 11:49am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-shield-for-ssl/126084/1 "2018-03-29T11:49:56Z")
Is there any way to use shield with out user authentication for ssl setup ---
**Author:** ![TimV](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/timv/32/13162_2.png) [@TimV](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/TimV)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2018, 10:25am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-shield-for-ssl/126084/2 "2018-04-06T10:25:37Z")
See here: > [@How to disable X-Pack http basic auth keeping SSL?](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-disable-x-pack-http-basic-auth-keeping-ssl/123957/): > > Hi , I have the following use case: I need to use https/ssl in elasticsearch but disable http basic auth. My configuration is following: cluster.name: "docker-cluster" network.host: 0.0.0.0 discovery.zen.minimum\_master\_nodes: 1 xpack.ssl.key: /usr/share/elasticsearch/config/x-pack//node1.key xpack.ssl.certificate: /usr/share/elasticsearch/config/x-pack/node1.crt xpack.ssl.certificate\_authorities: ["/usr/share/elasticsearch/config/x-pack/ca.crt"] xpack.security.transport.ssl.enabled: … ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2018, 10:25am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-shield-for-ssl/126084/3 "2018-05-04T10:25:54Z")
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