# Fluentd authentication to Elasticsearch API via X-Pack

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/fluentd-authentication-to-elasticsearch-api-via-x-pack/138226>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [July 2, 2018, 2:20pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/fluentd-authentication-to-elasticsearch-api-via-x-pack/138226 "2018-07-02T14:20:05Z")\
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**Author:** ![helper](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/helper/32/9484_2.png) [@helper](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/helper)\
**Post date:** [July 2, 2018, 2:20pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/fluentd-authentication-to-elasticsearch-api-via-x-pack/138226/1 "2018-07-02T14:20:06Z")

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Please could some one suggest me, How do I configure FluentD authentication to Elasticsearch API after installation of X-Pack.

Any documentation or examples will be ideal.

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**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:** [July 3, 2018, 3:50am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/fluentd-authentication-to-elasticsearch-api-via-x-pack/138226/2 "2018-07-03T03:50:16Z")

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See: [https://docs.fluentd.org/v1.0/articles/out\_elasticsearch#user,-password-(optional)](https://docs.fluentd.org/v1.0/articles/out_elasticsearch#user,-password-(optional))

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**Author:** ![helper](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/helper/32/9484_2.png) [@helper](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/helper)\
**Post date:** [July 12, 2018, 9:43am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/fluentd-authentication-to-elasticsearch-api-via-x-pack/138226/3 "2018-07-12T09:43:31Z")

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Thanks and this is now works.

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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:** [August 9, 2018, 9:43am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/fluentd-authentication-to-elasticsearch-api-via-x-pack/138226/4 "2018-08-09T09:43:35Z")

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