# LDAP Configuration for Kibana Authentication

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/ldap-configuration-for-kibana-authentication/366305>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [September 10, 2024, 10:11am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/ldap-configuration-for-kibana-authentication/366305 "2024-09-10T10:11:11Z")\
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**Author:** ![Manal\_A](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/manal_a/32/123992_2.png) [@Manal\_A](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Manal_A)\
**Post date:** [September 10, 2024, 10:11am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/ldap-configuration-for-kibana-authentication/366305/1 "2024-09-10T10:11:11Z")

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Hello  
I have an Elastic cluster with two coordinator nodes, and I need to configure LDAP for Kibana authentication. Should the LDAP configuration and role\_mapping file be applied to just one coordinator node or to both?

Thank you

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**Author:** ![leandrojmp](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/leandrojmp/32/107231_2.png) [@leandrojmp](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/leandrojmp)\
**Post date:** [September 10, 2024, 12:37pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/ldap-configuration-for-kibana-authentication/366305/2 "2024-09-10T12:37:05Z")

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> [@Manal\_A](#):
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> Should the LDAP configuration and role\_mapping file be applied to just one coordinator node or to both?

The LDAP authentication configuration should be apply to every node where you want to authenticate using ldap credentials.

If your Kibana is configured to communicate with both nodes, then you need to configure in both nodes, if you configured your Kibana to connect with just one node, then you can configure in just that node.