# Is it possible to restrict users in Kibana to access ceratin indices?

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-it-possible-to-restrict-users-in-kibana-to-access-ceratin-indices/117732>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Created:** [January 31, 2018, 3:13am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-it-possible-to-restrict-users-in-kibana-to-access-ceratin-indices/117732 "2018-01-31T03:13:32Z")\
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**Author:** ![amruth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/43a26b/32.png) [@amruth](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/amruth)\
**Post date:** [January 31, 2018, 3:13am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-it-possible-to-restrict-users-in-kibana-to-access-ceratin-indices/117732/1 "2018-01-31T03:13:32Z")

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Hi,

I have setup http authentication using Nginx to Kibana and trying to setup restrictions on certain elasticsearch Indices from Kibana UI. Can someone please suggest if it's possible without using Shield?

Thanks

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**Author:** ![tylersmalley](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/tylersmalley/32/8833_2.png) [@tylersmalley](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/tylersmalley)\
**Post date:** [January 31, 2018, 3:49am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-it-possible-to-restrict-users-in-kibana-to-access-ceratin-indices/117732/2 "2018-01-31T03:49:48Z")

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I am sure it's possible with a proxy, but the easiest and most stable way would be to use Security (formerly Shield)

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**Author:** ![amruth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/43a26b/32.png) [@amruth](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/amruth)\
**Post date:** [January 31, 2018, 3:57am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-it-possible-to-restrict-users-in-kibana-to-access-ceratin-indices/117732/3 "2018-01-31T03:57:23Z")

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Hi Tyler,

Thanks for your reply. But Shield is not an open source, I am trying to add it through Nginx. Can you please let me know the way?

Thanks

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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:** [February 28, 2018, 3:57am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-it-possible-to-restrict-users-in-kibana-to-access-ceratin-indices/117732/4 "2018-02-28T03:57:27Z")

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