# Is it possible to auth kibana with kibana-plugin? **URL:** \ **Category:** Kibana\ **Created:** [January 23, 2018, 1:36pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-it-possible-to-auth-kibana-with-kibana-plugin/116678 "2018-01-23T13:36:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![596375269](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/5/e495f1/32.png) [@596375269](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/596375269)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2018, 1:36pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-it-possible-to-auth-kibana-with-kibana-plugin/116678/1 "2018-01-23T13:36:08Z")
is it possible to auth kibana with coding a kibana plugin? or another way is kibana plugin system support authentication? thanks for your answer. ---
**Author:** ![ppisljar](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/ppisljar/32/11588_2.png) [@ppisljar](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ppisljar)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2018, 1:39pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-it-possible-to-auth-kibana-with-kibana-plugin/116678/2 "2018-01-23T13:39:44Z")
i don't really understand the question, but in general you can do a lot with plugins 🙂 but just as a reminder, there is a big chance new version of kibana won't work with your plugin and you will need to constantly keep it up to date. ---
**Author:** ![596375269](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/5/e495f1/32.png) [@596375269](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/596375269)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2018, 1:51pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-it-possible-to-auth-kibana-with-kibana-plugin/116678/3 "2018-01-23T13:51:58Z")
> [@596375269](#): > > is it possible to auth kibana with coding a kibana plugin? hello thanks for your reply what i want is a security solution for Kibana. for example ,to auth kibana with username and password. i suppose plugin can help me to do this.? ---
**Author:** ![ppisljar](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/ppisljar/32/11588_2.png) [@ppisljar](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ppisljar)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2018, 1:56pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-it-possible-to-auth-kibana-with-kibana-plugin/116678/4 "2018-01-23T13:56:17Z")
there is x-pack which has a security for elasticsearch and kibana. i think there are also some 3rd party plugins, so unless you really want something specially designed for your use case i would suggest you to not write your own ---
**Author:** ![596375269](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/5/e495f1/32.png) [@596375269](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/596375269)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2018, 1:58pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-it-possible-to-auth-kibana-with-kibana-plugin/116678/5 "2018-01-23T13:58:44Z")
> [@ppisljar](#): > > i think there are also some 3rd party plugins Can you recommend some plugin? ---
**Author:** ![ppisljar](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/ppisljar/32/11588_2.png) [@ppisljar](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ppisljar)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2018, 2:00pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-it-possible-to-auth-kibana-with-kibana-plugin/116678/6 "2018-01-23T14:00:25Z")
x-pack for sure, its the only one supported by elastic ---
**Author:** ![596375269](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/5/e495f1/32.png) [@596375269](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/596375269)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2018, 3:09pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-it-possible-to-auth-kibana-with-kibana-plugin/116678/7 "2018-01-23T15:09:50Z")
ok,, then is it possible writing a kibana security plugin for a nodejs developer？ since i noticed kibana plugin is coded with nodejs ---
**Author:** ![ppisljar](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/ppisljar/32/11588_2.png) [@ppisljar](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ppisljar)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2018, 3:16pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-it-possible-to-auth-kibana-with-kibana-plugin/116678/8 "2018-01-23T15:16:01Z")
yes, kibana server side is nodejs and frontend is js (angular and react) ---
**Author:** ![596375269](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/5/e495f1/32.png) [@596375269](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/596375269)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2018, 3:33pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-it-possible-to-auth-kibana-with-kibana-plugin/116678/9 "2018-01-23T15:33:46Z")
sorry ，i donot understand 'yes' in your sentence did it point to the fact kibana is writen in nodejs？ or point to the question if one can written a security plugin ，without hacking kibana thank you ---
**Author:** ![ppisljar](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/ppisljar/32/11588_2.png) [@ppisljar](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ppisljar)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2018, 3:47pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-it-possible-to-auth-kibana-with-kibana-plugin/116678/10 "2018-01-23T15:47:26Z")
it pointed toe the fact kibana is written in nodeJS, however the answer to `can one write a kibana security plugin` is yes as well 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2018, 3:47pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-it-possible-to-auth-kibana-with-kibana-plugin/116678/11 "2018-02-20T15:47:49Z")
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