# How to access Kibana with x-pack security disabled? **URL:** \ **Category:** Kibana\ **Tags:** elastic-stack-security, docker\ **Created:** [June 28, 2022, 10:54am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-access-kibana-with-x-pack-security-disabled/308347 "2022-06-28T10:54:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![dendog](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dendog/32/101382_2.png) [@dendog](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dendog)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2022, 10:54am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-access-kibana-with-x-pack-security-disabled/308347/1 "2022-06-28T10:54:55Z")
Hi! I starting es and kibana in a docker compose file, I have set `xpack.security.enabled=false`, but when accessing the kibana UI I am still asked for an enrollment token, which from my understanding would not be generated when switching off security. Is there a setting I need to pass to kibana to avoid needing any security? This is all for local development only, and I am using version 8.2.3 Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![ikakavas](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/ikakavas/32/34430_2.png) [@ikakavas](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ikakavas)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2022, 11:07am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-access-kibana-with-x-pack-security-disabled/308347/2 "2022-06-28T11:07:17Z")
It should be _pretty_ easy to work with security enabled, as everything would work out of the box with minimal effort. [Install Elasticsearch with Docker | Elasticsearch Guide [8.2] | Elastic](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/docker.html#docker) will get you all the way there and this way you are already ready to take this to production when ready or not worry if your instance gets exposed to the internet ! All that with the only additional effort of logging in to Kibana once in a while 🙂 If you _really_ want to disable security, you need to share your docker compose file so that we can make suggestions as to what is wrong and what can be fixed. ---
**Author:** ![dendog](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dendog/32/101382_2.png) [@dendog](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dendog)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2022, 12:44pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-access-kibana-with-x-pack-security-disabled/308347/3 "2022-06-28T12:44:24Z")
Hey thanks for the reply, I am using docker compose and the guide for using compose is quite involved - requires storing certs etc. For production I will be using elastic cloud, so seems overkill to set up security for local dev. Here is my compose file: ```auto version: "3.9" services: app: build: . working_dir: /code/app command: uvicorn main:app --host 0.0.0.0 --reload environment: DEBUG: 1 volumes: - ./app:/code/app ports: - 8000:8000 restart: on-failure networks: - elastic elastic: image: elasticsearch:8.2.3 container_name: elastic environment: - discovery.type=single-node - ES_JAVA_OPTS=-Xms1g -Xmx1g - xpack.security.enabled=false volumes: - es_data:/usr/share/elasticsearch/data ports: - 127.0.0.1:9200:9200 networks: - elastic kibana: image: kibana:8.2.3 environment: - xpack.security.enabled=false ports: - target: 5601 published: 5601 depends_on: - elasticsearch networks: - elastic volumes: es_data: driver: local networks: elastic: name: elastic driver: bridge ``` Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![ikakavas](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/ikakavas/32/34430_2.png) [@ikakavas](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ikakavas)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2022, 1:52pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-access-kibana-with-x-pack-security-disabled/308347/4 "2022-06-28T13:52:28Z")
Kibana environment variables need to be in capital letters ( [Install Kibana with Docker | Kibana Guide [8.2] | Elastic](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/kibana/current/docker.html#environment-variable-config) ) ```auto environment: - XPACK_SECURITY_ENABLED=false ``` ---
**Author:** ![dendog](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dendog/32/101382_2.png) [@dendog](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dendog)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2022, 10:05am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-access-kibana-with-x-pack-security-disabled/308347/5 "2022-06-30T10:05:31Z")
Thanks! But setting this still asks for an enrollment token when accessing Kibana: ```auto kibana: image: kibana:8.2.3 environment: - XPACK_SECURITY_ENABLED=false ports: - target: 5601 published: 5601 depends_on: - elastic networks: - elastic ``` ---
**Author:** ![ikakavas](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/ikakavas/32/34430_2.png) [@ikakavas](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ikakavas)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2022, 10:10am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-access-kibana-with-x-pack-security-disabled/308347/6 "2022-06-30T10:10:48Z")
See this reply [Kibana asking for Enrollment Token when xpack.security.enabled: false in Elasticsearch - #2 by ikakavas](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-asking-for-enrollment-token-when-xpack-security-enabled-false-in-elasticsearch/302118/2) ---
**Author:** ![dendog](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dendog/32/101382_2.png) [@dendog](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dendog)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2022, 10:32am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-access-kibana-with-x-pack-security-disabled/308347/7 "2022-06-30T10:32:02Z")
Thank you! ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2022, 10:32am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-access-kibana-with-x-pack-security-disabled/308347/8 "2022-07-28T10:32:48Z")
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