# How can I give database credentials to elastic users?

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-can-i-give-database-credentials-to-elastic-users/100454>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [September 14, 2017, 5:30am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-can-i-give-database-credentials-to-elastic-users/100454 "2017-09-14T05:30:16Z")\
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**Author:** ![Varun\_Patel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/57b2e6/32.png) [@Varun\_Patel](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Varun_Patel)\
**Post date:** [September 14, 2017, 5:30am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-can-i-give-database-credentials-to-elastic-users/100454/1 "2017-09-14T05:30:16Z")

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I have integrated Kibana in my application, which is accessible to all. I want to restrict the access to valid user ( Database users) only. How can I achieve this ?

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**Author:** ![dadoonet](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dadoonet/32/137187_2.png) [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)\
**Post date:** [September 14, 2017, 6:07am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-can-i-give-database-credentials-to-elastic-users/100454/2 "2017-09-14T06:07:33Z")

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[x-pack plugin](https://www.elastic.co/products/x-pack) (commercial) is probably the easiest way to go.

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**Author:** ![Varun\_Patel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/57b2e6/32.png) [@Varun\_Patel](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Varun_Patel)\
**Post date:** [September 14, 2017, 9:27am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-can-i-give-database-credentials-to-elastic-users/100454/3 "2017-09-14T09:27:48Z")

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Thanks @dadoonet. I will look into it.

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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:** [October 12, 2017, 9:28am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-can-i-give-database-credentials-to-elastic-users/100454/4 "2017-10-12T09:28:02Z")

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Closed on October 12, 2017, 9:28am UTC

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