# FSCrawler with Shield

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/fscrawler-with-shield/49411>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Tags:** elastic-stack-security\
**Created:** [May 6, 2016, 1:42pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/fscrawler-with-shield/49411 "2016-05-06T13:42:57Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![rsouza](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/58f4c7/32.png) [@rsouza](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/rsouza)\
**Post date:** [May 6, 2016, 1:42pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/fscrawler-with-shield/49411/1 "2016-05-06T13:42:57Z")

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Hi,

Would you know if its possible to use FSCrawler with Shield? I was not able to find any way to configure FSCrawler to authenticate against Shield, nor configure shield to allow a connection from given IP without credentials.  
Thanks.

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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:** [July 6, 2017, 1:44pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/fscrawler-with-shield/49411/2 "2017-07-06T13:44:47Z")

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Closed on July 6, 2017, 1:44pm UTC