# How to disable es security but enable kibana security

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-disable-es-security-but-enable-kibana-security/110995>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Created:** [December 11, 2017, 3:46am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-disable-es-security-but-enable-kibana-security/110995 "2017-12-11T03:46:02Z")\
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**Author:** ![coldcutter](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/coldcutter/32/25270_2.png) [@coldcutter](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/coldcutter)\
**Post date:** [December 11, 2017, 3:46am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-disable-es-security-but-enable-kibana-security/110995/1 "2017-12-11T03:46:03Z")

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i installed x-pack in both es and kibana for monitoring cluster, and i want to disable elasticsearch security cause i don't want to change the existing code, so i only set 'xpack.security.enabled: false' in elasticsearch.yml，not in kibana.yml. but it seems that kibana security is also disabled... someone can help me? ps: all version is 5.3.2

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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:** [December 11, 2017, 4:26am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-disable-es-security-but-enable-kibana-security/110995/2 "2017-12-11T04:26:33Z")

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You cannot do that. Kibana security relies on Elasticsearch

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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:** [January 8, 2018, 4:26am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-disable-es-security-but-enable-kibana-security/110995/3 "2018-01-08T04:26:35Z")

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