# I am not able to see security option in management under kibana UI

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/i-am-not-able-to-see-security-option-in-management-under-kibana-ui/177787>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Created:** [April 22, 2019, 3:29am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/i-am-not-able-to-see-security-option-in-management-under-kibana-ui/177787 "2019-04-22T03:29:09Z")\
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**Author:** ![Swati123](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/46a35a/32.png) [@Swati123](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Swati123)\
**Post date:** [April 22, 2019, 3:29am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/i-am-not-able-to-see-security-option-in-management-under-kibana-ui/177787/1 "2019-04-22T03:29:09Z")

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Hi All,  
I am not able to see the security feature under kibana UI?  
I have to set Kibana\_user\_only mode under Managment -\> security -\> Users.

Can anyone please help me with this?

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**Author:** ![bhavyarm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/bhavyarm/32/22392_2.png) [@bhavyarm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/bhavyarm)\
**Post date:** [April 25, 2019, 1:30am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/i-am-not-able-to-see-security-option-in-management-under-kibana-ui/177787/2 "2019-04-25T01:30:23Z")

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Hello Swati,

How are you logging in to Kibana? With which user? what roles does user have?

Security is disabled by default but can be enabled with xpack.security.enabled: true in both kibana and elasticsearch.yml. You can then login with your elastic super user, create other users and roles and then use those users to login.

Here are our security docs: [https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/kibana/current/using-kibana-with-security.html](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/kibana/current/using-kibana-with-security.html)

Thanks,  
Bhavya

Thanks,  
Bhavya

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**Author:** ![Swati123](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/46a35a/32.png) [@Swati123](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Swati123)\
**Post date:** [April 26, 2019, 6:34am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/i-am-not-able-to-see-security-option-in-management-under-kibana-ui/177787/3 "2019-04-26T06:34:40Z")

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@bhavyarm Thanks, Yes I checked I was not the super\_user to access the security option in kibana.

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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:** [May 24, 2019, 6:34am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/i-am-not-able-to-see-security-option-in-management-under-kibana-ui/177787/4 "2019-05-24T06:34:47Z")

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