# How can you secure elasticsearch? 10 questions on how to secure elastic search

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-can-you-secure-elasticsearch-10-questions-on-how-to-secure-elastic-search/25177>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [July 8, 2015, 6:05pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-can-you-secure-elasticsearch-10-questions-on-how-to-secure-elastic-search/25177 "2015-07-08T18:05:48Z")\
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**Author:** ![shero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/65b543/32.png) [@shero](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/shero)\
**Post date:** [July 8, 2015, 6:05pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-can-you-secure-elasticsearch-10-questions-on-how-to-secure-elastic-search/25177/1 "2015-07-08T18:05:48Z")

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Can anyone help me on how to secure elasticsearch?

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**Author:** ![magnusbaeck](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/magnusbaeck/32/44943_2.png) [@magnusbaeck](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/magnusbaeck)\
**Post date:** [July 8, 2015, 6:07pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-can-you-secure-elasticsearch-10-questions-on-how-to-secure-elastic-search/25177/2 "2015-07-08T18:07:24Z")

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If you could ask a more specific question it would be easier to help. Have you looked at [Shield](https://www.elastic.co/products/shield)?

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**Author:** ![shero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/65b543/32.png) [@shero](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/shero)\
**Post date:** [July 8, 2015, 6:16pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-can-you-secure-elasticsearch-10-questions-on-how-to-secure-elastic-search/25177/3 "2015-07-08T18:16:17Z")

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No I have not yet. I am setting up elasticsearch and I want to know how are some of the ways you can secure it.

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**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:** [July 8, 2015, 10:19pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-can-you-secure-elasticsearch-10-questions-on-how-to-secure-elastic-search/25177/4 "2015-07-08T22:19:21Z")

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As Magnus mentioned, Shield would be the best option.

Other options include firewalls and proxies.

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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, 12:02am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-can-you-secure-elasticsearch-10-questions-on-how-to-secure-elastic-search/25177/5 "2017-07-06T00:02:43Z")

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