# Integrate ldap with kibana
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/integrate-ldap-with-kibana/230131
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Tags:** elastic-stack-security
**Created:** [April 28, 2020, 10:03am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/integrate-ldap-with-kibana/230131 "2020-04-28T10:03:11Z")
**Posts on this page:** 8
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### Author:  [@kasim123](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/kasim123)
#### Post date: [April 28, 2020, 10:03am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/integrate-ldap-with-kibana/230131/1 "2020-04-28T10:03:12Z")
Hi Team,
Recently, I have configured ELK stack with x-pack security enabled. it is working fine now, now I wanted to extend security by integrating kibana with ldap. Could you help us how to integrate ldap with kibana. The current version of EFK is 7.5.2 and I created PEM encoded certificates as per document for xpack security with some CN. Is there any relation between PEM encoded certificates and LDAP configuration and authentication.
Thanks,
Kasim Shaik
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### Author:  [@ikakavas](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ikakavas)
#### Post date: [April 28, 2020, 11:39am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/integrate-ldap-with-kibana/230131/2 "2020-04-28T11:39:10Z")
> [@kasim123](#):
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> Could you help us how to integrate ldap with kibana
LDAP integration happens through elasticsearch, you can start by taking a look at our documentation , starting in [LDAP user authentication | Elasticsearch Guide [8.11] | Elastic](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/ldap-realm.html).
> [@kasim123](#):
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> Is there any relation between PEM encoded certificates and LDAP configuration and authentication.
No, not really, at least not in the generic context you are asking this question.
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### Author:  [@kasim123](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/kasim123)
#### Post date: [April 28, 2020, 11:56am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/integrate-ldap-with-kibana/230131/3 "2020-04-28T11:56:22Z")
Why I asked question about certificates in ldap configuraito, the certificates (PEM) were created with some generic name (CN ), i was under assumption, these PEM encoded certificates must match or must be aligned with ldap server name.
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### Author:  [@ikakavas](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ikakavas)
#### Post date: [April 28, 2020, 12:09pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/integrate-ldap-with-kibana/230131/4 "2020-04-28T12:09:05Z")
No, the subject and SANs of kibana and elasticsearch certificates do not need to match the hostname of your LDAP server. These are unrelated
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### Author:  [@kasim123](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/kasim123)
#### Post date: [April 28, 2020, 12:18pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/integrate-ldap-with-kibana/230131/5 "2020-04-28T12:18:56Z")
@ikakavas, thanks for clarifying my query in detail.
While I was going through the link, which you forwarded, I noticed at one place , set password for bind\_dn user, which user password it is?
```auto
The password for the bind_dn user should be configured by adding the appropriate secure_bind_password setting to the Elasticsearch keystore. For example, the following command adds the password for the example realm above:
bin/elasticsearch-keystore add \
xpack.security.authc.realms.ldap.ldap1.secure_bind_password
```
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### Author:  [@kasim123](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/kasim123)
#### Post date: [April 30, 2020, 4:33pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/integrate-ldap-with-kibana/230131/6 "2020-04-30T16:33:51Z")
@ikakavas, I am waiting for your reply. which user password it is ? is it a password of user on LDAP server ?
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### Author:  [@ikakavas](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ikakavas)
#### Post date: [April 30, 2020, 4:48pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/integrate-ldap-with-kibana/230131/7 "2020-04-30T16:48:35Z")
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [May 28, 2020, 4:48pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/integrate-ldap-with-kibana/230131/8 "2020-05-28T16:48:36Z")
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