# Is there anyother auth method for SSO in Elasticsearch other than X-Pack

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-there-anyother-auth-method-for-sso-in-elasticsearch-other-than-x-pack/247169>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [September 2, 2020, 5:22am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-there-anyother-auth-method-for-sso-in-elasticsearch-other-than-x-pack/247169 "2020-09-02T05:22:38Z")\
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**Author:** ![Keerthi](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/keerthi/32/74919_2.png) [@Keerthi](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Keerthi)\
**Post date:** [September 2, 2020, 5:22am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-there-anyother-auth-method-for-sso-in-elasticsearch-other-than-x-pack/247169/1 "2020-09-02T05:22:38Z")

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I Need help in setting up SSO for Elasticsearch

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**Author:** ![Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/christian_dahlqvist/32/4617_2.png) [@Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Christian_Dahlqvist)\
**Post date:** [September 8, 2020, 4:32am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-there-anyother-auth-method-for-sso-in-elasticsearch-other-than-x-pack/247169/2 "2020-09-08T04:32:26Z")

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There are third-party plugins available but they are not always compatible with the default distribution. I have however not used any of them so can not make any recommendations.

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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:** [October 6, 2020, 4:32am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-there-anyother-auth-method-for-sso-in-elasticsearch-other-than-x-pack/247169/3 "2020-10-06T04:32:36Z")

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