# Kibana role for read logs

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-role-for-read-logs/99955>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Created:** [September 9, 2017, 10:38pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-role-for-read-logs/99955 "2017-09-09T22:38:12Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![nsivabalan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/a4c791/32.png) [@nsivabalan](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/nsivabalan)\
**Post date:** [September 9, 2017, 10:38pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-role-for-read-logs/99955/1 "2017-09-09T22:38:12Z")

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Hi Team,

Which exisiting role will be used for give the user access with read only permission to search logs?

Thanks in advance,  
Siva

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**Author:** ![warkolm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/warkolm/32/39224_2.png) [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)\
**Post date:** [September 10, 2017, 12:43am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-role-for-read-logs/99955/2 "2017-09-10T00:43:02Z")

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Are you using X-Pack?

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**Author:** ![nsivabalan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/a4c791/32.png) [@nsivabalan](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/nsivabalan)\
**Post date:** [September 11, 2017, 6:19am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-role-for-read-logs/99955/3 "2017-09-11T06:19:44Z")

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Yes.

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**Author:** ![warkolm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/warkolm/32/39224_2.png) [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)\
**Post date:** [September 11, 2017, 6:55am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-role-for-read-logs/99955/4 "2017-09-11T06:55:17Z")

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Have a look in [https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/x-pack/5.5/built-in-roles.html](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/x-pack/5.5/built-in-roles.html)

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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 9, 2017, 6:55am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-role-for-read-logs/99955/5 "2017-10-09T06:55:29Z")

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