# Is is possible to enable authentication on Kibana with basic license?

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-is-possible-to-enable-authentication-on-kibana-with-basic-license/213278>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Created:** [December 29, 2019, 9:46am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-is-possible-to-enable-authentication-on-kibana-with-basic-license/213278 "2019-12-29T09:46:06Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
**Page:** 1

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![ioclaudio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c67d28/32.png) [@ioclaudio](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ioclaudio)\
**Post date:** [December 29, 2019, 9:46am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-is-possible-to-enable-authentication-on-kibana-with-basic-license/213278/1 "2019-12-29T09:46:06Z")

</div>

Hi,  
I've downloaded and installed Elasticsearch and Kibana 7.5.1 (on-prem).  
I can see that the basic license has: "Default security and authentication for every deployment".  
What does exactly mean?

- Can I protect Elasticsearch web services with "basic authentication"?
- If I enable this feature which is the default user to use web services?
- Can I enable authentication to access to Kibana?
- If yes, which is the default user for Kibana?

Thank you very much

Claudio

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![mancharagopan](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/mancharagopan/32/60266_2.png) [@mancharagopan](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/mancharagopan)\
**Post date:** [December 30, 2019, 2:32am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-is-possible-to-enable-authentication-on-kibana-with-basic-license/213278/2 "2019-12-30T02:32:29Z")

</div>

yes. It is possible to enable authentication for Elasticsearch and Kibana web UI.  
You have to add build-in users that comes with kibana.

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [January 27, 2020, 2:32am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-is-possible-to-enable-authentication-on-kibana-with-basic-license/213278/3 "2020-01-27T02:32:35Z")

</div>

This topic was automatically closed 28 days after the last reply. New replies are no longer allowed.