# How to secure ES API access deployed as docker on AWS
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-secure-es-api-access-deployed-as-docker-on-aws/202512
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Tags:** docker
**Created:** [October 7, 2019, 10:11am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-secure-es-api-access-deployed-as-docker-on-aws/202512 "2019-10-07T10:11:25Z")
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### Author:  [@Nir\_Sharabi](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Nir_Sharabi)
#### Post date: [October 7, 2019, 10:11am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-secure-es-api-access-deployed-as-docker-on-aws/202512/1 "2019-10-07T10:11:25Z")
Hi,
Lately we deployed ES docker in our AWS account and currently we are figure out how can we secure the API access considering the fact we are using basic licence of ES.
We are using version 7.2
Best Regards,
Nir Sharabi
Developer
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### Author:  [@ikakavas](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ikakavas)
#### Post date: [October 11, 2019, 11:10am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-secure-es-api-access-deployed-as-docker-on-aws/202512/2 "2019-10-11T11:10:44Z")
Have you checked [https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/7.2/configuring-tls-docker.html](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/7.2/configuring-tls-docker.html) ?
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### Author:  [@Nir\_Sharabi](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Nir_Sharabi)
#### Post date: [October 15, 2019, 11:46am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-secure-es-api-access-deployed-as-docker-on-aws/202512/3 "2019-10-15T11:46:43Z")
Thanks for the reply.
I have already checked it and yet didn't find an answer to my question.
I am running with single ES node as follow:
**docker run -d -p 9200:9200 -e "discovery.type=single-node" -v esdata:/usr/share/elasticsearch/data [docker.elastic.co/elasticsearch/elasticsearch:7.3.2](http://docker.elastic.co/elasticsearch/elasticsearch:7.3.2)**
and I am looking to add to this command the required credentials (user/pass).
BTW, when I added '-e "xpack.security.enabled=true"' I got the following exception: "missing authentication credentials for REST request"
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [November 12, 2019, 11:46am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-secure-es-api-access-deployed-as-docker-on-aws/202512/4 "2019-11-12T11:46:56Z")
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