# How to use dm\_crypt with elasticsearch

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-use-dm-crypt-with-elasticsearch/214781>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [January 13, 2020, 9:07am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-use-dm-crypt-with-elasticsearch/214781 "2020-01-13T09:07:21Z")\
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**Author:** ![DavidTurner](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/davidturner/32/22453_2.png) [@DavidTurner](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/DavidTurner)\
**Post date:** [January 13, 2020, 9:23am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-use-dm-crypt-with-elasticsearch/214781/2 "2020-01-13T09:23:19Z")

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> [@Yungyoung\_Ok](#):
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> **First, Can dm\_crypt be used with a elasticsearch basic license?**

Yes it will work, but it's not officially supported. If you are using `dm_crypt` with a non-platinum licence and you encounter an issue then the support team may ask you to reproduce the issue with `dm_crypt` disabled before they can help you resolve it.

> [@Yungyoung\_Ok](#):
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> **Second, Can server users see data sources(plain text) even using dm\_crpyt?**

Yes, `dm_crypt` transparently encrypts the data stored on disk so it looks like normal data to users of the host machine.

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