# Example of X-pack Custom Realm in 7.x
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/example-of-x-pack-custom-realm-in-7-x/184789
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Tags:** elastic-stack-security
**Created:** [June 7, 2019, 4:34pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/example-of-x-pack-custom-realm-in-7-x/184789 "2019-06-07T16:34:54Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
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### Author:  [@ashbrooker](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ashbrooker)
#### Post date: [June 7, 2019, 4:34pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/example-of-x-pack-custom-realm-in-7-x/184789/1 "2019-06-07T16:34:54Z")
We're upgrading ES from 6.2 to 7.1. We have built x-pack custom realm for authentication. Is there any example, in JAVA, available that shows how to create custom realm?
This file hasn't been updated since Dec 2018.... [https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch/blob/v7.1.0/x-pack/docs/en/security/authentication/custom-realm.asciidoc](https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch/blob/v7.1.0/x-pack/docs/en/security/authentication/custom-realm.asciidoc)
Also, this one [https://github.com/elastic/shield-custom-realm-example](https://github.com/elastic/shield-custom-realm-example) only covers upto 6.2.2 version.
TIA.
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### Author:  [@TimV](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/TimV)
#### Post date: [June 8, 2019, 6:10am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/example-of-x-pack-custom-realm-in-7-x/184789/2 "2019-06-08T06:10:20Z")
Did you read the README on the shield custom realm? It has a link to a maintained example in the Elasticsearch repository.
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### Author:  [@ashbrooker](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ashbrooker)
#### Post date: [June 10, 2019, 2:14pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/example-of-x-pack-custom-realm-in-7-x/184789/3 "2019-06-10T14:14:50Z")
Yes I did. The maintained example covers upto 6.6. In 7.x and above, the “type” setting does not exist any more, and the realm type is part of the configuration key. I am looking for example of how to configure and use that.
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### Author:  [@TimV](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/TimV)
#### Post date: [June 11, 2019, 1:21am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/example-of-x-pack-custom-realm-in-7-x/184789/4 "2019-06-11T01:21:19Z")
> [@ashbrooker](#):
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> The maintained example covers upto 6.6
The link in the README takes you to the main Elasticsearch repository, which has branches for all recent versions, [including 7.1](https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch/tree/7.1/x-pack/qa/security-example-spi-extension).
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 9, 2019, 1:21am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/example-of-x-pack-custom-realm-in-7-x/184789/5 "2019-07-09T01:21:32Z")
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