# Elastic stack basic edition and login security
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-stack-basic-edition-and-login-security/252364
**Category:** Kibana
**Created:** [October 16, 2020, 3:41pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-stack-basic-edition-and-login-security/252364 "2020-10-16T15:41:11Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author:  [@agonzalez](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/agonzalez)
#### Post date: [October 16, 2020, 3:41pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-stack-basic-edition-and-login-security/252364/1 "2020-10-16T15:41:11Z")
I downloaded latest 7.9 version and I read basic security is now included in basic/free license but i dont see any option in kibana to create user/password or roles. How do I add security to the basic instance and protect elastic/kibana with user/password?
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### Author:  [@kavierkoo](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/kavierkoo)
#### Post date: [October 16, 2020, 3:59pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-stack-basic-edition-and-login-security/252364/2 "2020-10-16T15:59:32Z")
Did you configure your security?
> **[Configuring security in Elasticsearch | Elasticsearch Reference \[7.9\] | Elastic](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/configuring-security.html)**
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [November 13, 2020, 3:59pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-stack-basic-edition-and-login-security/252364/3 "2020-11-13T15:59:52Z")
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