# Load kibana dashboard in iframe with API KEY authentication **URL:** \ **Category:** Kibana\ **Created:** [July 28, 2020, 8:15pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/load-kibana-dashboard-in-iframe-with-api-key-authentication/242970 "2020-07-28T20:15:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 2
**Author:** ![lukeelmers](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/lukeelmers/32/35230_2.png) [@lukeelmers](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/lukeelmers)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2020, 10:27pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/load-kibana-dashboard-in-iframe-with-api-key-authentication/242970/2 "2020-07-28T22:27:39Z")
You can auto-authenticate to Kibana via an iframe if you set up a reverse proxy. This process is described in detail in [Auto-authenticating to iframe-embedded Kibana dashboard](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/auto-authenticating-to-iframe-embedded-kibana-dashboard/46091) As described in the thread, this is done by setting an `Authorization` header in the proxy using basic auth for a Kibana user, but you can also use an api key. `ApiKey` authentication via http should be enabled by default, but you can read up [more on that in the docs](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/kibana/current/kibana-authentication.html#http-authentication). API keys management falls under our free Basic license, which you [can read more about here](https://github.com/elastic/kibana/blob/master/licenses/ELASTIC-LICENSE.txt). You can get a full feature comparison showing what's included in Basic on our [subscriptions page](https://www.elastic.co/subscriptions). --- _[View the full topic](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/load-kibana-dashboard-in-iframe-with-api-key-authentication/242970)._