# Elasticsearch read-only for the sored data? **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [November 19, 2014, 12:52pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-read-only-for-the-sored-data/20835 "2014-11-19T12:52:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ssjesm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/74df32/32.png) [@ssjesm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ssjesm)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2014, 12:52pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-read-only-for-the-sored-data/20835/1 "2014-11-19T12:52:56Z")
Hello community, does someone know if / how I can make it so that the collected data in elasticsearch can only be read but not changed or deleted? Thank You! -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). To view this discussion on the web visit [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/26ac4a30-1c11-4896-bf51-b7a4be84ab86%40googlegroups.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/26ac4a30-1c11-4896-bf51-b7a4be84ab86%40googlegroups.com). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). ---
**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:** [November 19, 2014, 8:15pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-read-only-for-the-sored-data/20835/2 "2014-11-19T20:15:25Z")
You are best off using a proxy to handle this, ES does not have a native concept of read-only. On 19 November 2014 23:52, [ssjesm@gmail.com](mailto:ssjesm@gmail.com) wrote: > Hello community, > > does someone know if / how I can make it so that the collected data in > elasticsearch can only be read but not changed or deleted? > > Thank You! > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "elasticsearch" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). > To view this discussion on the web visit > [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/26ac4a30-1c11-4896-bf51-b7a4be84ab86%40googlegroups.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/26ac4a30-1c11-4896-bf51-b7a4be84ab86%40googlegroups.com) > [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/26ac4a30-1c11-4896-bf51-b7a4be84ab86%40googlegroups.com?utm\_medium=email&utm\_source=footer](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/26ac4a30-1c11-4896-bf51-b7a4be84ab86%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer) > . > For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). To view this discussion on the web visit [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/CAF3ZnZkJsC5OLp5Oy1%3Ddb\_hfsfPm8a1xxqaSZdsLd6zuAp5m-Q%40mail.gmail.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/CAF3ZnZkJsC5OLp5Oy1%3Ddb_hfsfPm8a1xxqaSZdsLd6zuAp5m-Q%40mail.gmail.com). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2017, 12:48am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-read-only-for-the-sored-data/20835/3 "2017-07-06T00:48:55Z")