# Login kibana without UI (using token)

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/login-kibana-without-ui-using-token/203763>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Created:** [October 16, 2019, 7:14am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/login-kibana-without-ui-using-token/203763 "2019-10-16T07:14:16Z")\
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**Post date:** [October 17, 2019, 11:34am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/login-kibana-without-ui-using-token/203763/3 "2019-10-17T11:34:12Z")

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@frankShih,

Welcome to the discussion boards!

You can't directly use the Token Auth provider to bypass the login screen, as Kibana still requires a username and password to create the initial token. How are your users authenticating to your website? I have a couple of ideas for you:

If you're using a Single Sign-On solution such as SAML, AD/LDAP, or OpenID Connect, then you can take advantage of [Kibana's SSO solutions](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/kibana/current/kibana-authentication.html) to bypass the login screen.

Otherwise, you may want to consider putting a reverse-proxy (such as nginx) in front of Kibana which handles authentication on behalf of your users. An example of that can be found here: [Auto-authenticating to iframe-embedded Kibana dashboard](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/auto-authenticating-to-iframe-embedded-kibana-dashboard/46091/4)

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