# Kibana username restrictions

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-username-restrictions/193981>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Tags:** elastic-stack-security\
**Created:** [August 6, 2019, 10:40am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-username-restrictions/193981 "2019-08-06T10:40:15Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![rubpa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b5e925/32.png) [@rubpa](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/rubpa)\
**Post date:** [August 6, 2019, 10:40am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-username-restrictions/193981/1 "2019-08-06T10:40:15Z")

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Why does Kibana insist on usernames starting with a letter?

The most common username at my workplace is all digits. Kibana's restrictions force me to create usernames that users will not remember easily.  
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**Author:** ![ikakavas](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/ikakavas/32/34430_2.png) [@ikakavas](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ikakavas)\
**Post date:** [August 6, 2019, 11:19am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-username-restrictions/193981/2 "2019-08-06T11:19:01Z")

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Hi,

Unfortunately, this is a known issue tracked in [this Github issue](https://github.com/elastic/kibana/issues/27138).

For the time being, as you could use the Elasticsearch relevant API directly in order to create your users as described [here](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/security-api-put-user.html)

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**Author:** ![rubpa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b5e925/32.png) [@rubpa](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/rubpa)\
**Post date:** [August 8, 2019, 5:37am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-username-restrictions/193981/3 "2019-08-08T05:37:04Z")

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Thanks Ioannis! I added the user via the API and thought I can edit it via Kibana. Unfortunately, the validation is applied even on edit. 😬

![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/a/2/a2bf1d05998a3f0a8c9a987885fc08ed49a7528e.png)

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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:** [September 5, 2019, 5:37am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-username-restrictions/193981/4 "2019-09-05T05:37:15Z")

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