# Managing kibana for multiple users

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/managing-kibana-for-multiple-users/245412>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Tags:** elastic-stack-security\
**Created:** [August 18, 2020, 11:55am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/managing-kibana-for-multiple-users/245412 "2020-08-18T11:55:52Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 10\
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**Author:** ![Dipak\_Sharma](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dipak_sharma/32/74083_2.png) [@Dipak\_Sharma](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Dipak_Sharma)\
**Post date:** [August 18, 2020, 11:55am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/managing-kibana-for-multiple-users/245412/1 "2020-08-18T11:55:53Z")

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I want to create a user with read access of one index of kibana.

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**Author:** ![aaron-nimocks](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/aaron-nimocks/32/73965_2.png) [@aaron-nimocks](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/aaron-nimocks)\
**Post date:** [August 18, 2020, 11:59am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/managing-kibana-for-multiple-users/245412/2 "2020-08-18T11:59:57Z")

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You can do this by creating a role and assigning it to that user.

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/0/0/00b4ec1879528f236cd814c2a439b7e8c615a0a6.png)

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**Author:** ![Dipak\_Sharma](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dipak_sharma/32/74083_2.png) [@Dipak\_Sharma](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Dipak_Sharma)\
**Post date:** [August 18, 2020, 12:10pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/managing-kibana-for-multiple-users/245412/3 "2020-08-18T12:10:22Z")

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Hey aarron,

 ![kiban](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/b/b/bb411b5cba0afd019f3083660e918c498839cb9b.png)

which option I have select here if I select none then I can't access the kibana.

{"message":"action [indices:data/read/search] is unauthorized for user [laravel-log-user]: [security\_exception] action [indices:data/read/search] is unauthorized for user [laravel-log-user]","statusCode":403,"error":"Forbidden"}

here is the errror.

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**Author:** ![aaron-nimocks](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/aaron-nimocks/32/73965_2.png) [@aaron-nimocks](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/aaron-nimocks)\
**Post date:** [August 18, 2020, 12:27pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/managing-kibana-for-multiple-users/245412/4 "2020-08-18T12:27:38Z")

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What are the options? I don't have an instance open.

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**Author:** ![Dipak\_Sharma](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dipak_sharma/32/74083_2.png) [@Dipak\_Sharma](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Dipak_Sharma)\
**Post date:** [August 18, 2020, 12:28pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/managing-kibana-for-multiple-users/245412/5 "2020-08-18T12:28:26Z")

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None  
All  
Read

And if I give read access the it is giving read access of whole kibana dashboard

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**Author:** ![aaron-nimocks](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/aaron-nimocks/32/73965_2.png) [@aaron-nimocks](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/aaron-nimocks)\
**Post date:** [August 18, 2020, 12:34pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/managing-kibana-for-multiple-users/245412/6 "2020-08-18T12:34:15Z")

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Only data in that dashboard that is driven by the index webhook-laravel\* should be available though. Are you seeing something else?

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**Author:** ![Dipak\_Sharma](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dipak_sharma/32/74083_2.png) [@Dipak\_Sharma](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Dipak_Sharma)\
**Post date:** [August 18, 2020, 12:37pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/managing-kibana-for-multiple-users/245412/7 "2020-08-18T12:37:00Z")

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I can see everything.

 ![desktop2](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/7/f/7f5314d5bdc224c013b9f897cdf4a54f8377d182.png)

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**Author:** ![aaron-nimocks](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/aaron-nimocks/32/73965_2.png) [@aaron-nimocks](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/aaron-nimocks)\
**Post date:** [August 18, 2020, 1:46pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/managing-kibana-for-multiple-users/245412/8 "2020-08-18T13:46:34Z")

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Just verifying.

1. Created new role with read access to the index.
2. Assigned role to user.
3. Logged in as user.
4. Checked Discover.

If you click on the index patterns that you did not give access to in Discover does the data show?

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**Author:** ![Dipak\_Sharma](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dipak_sharma/32/74083_2.png) [@Dipak\_Sharma](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Dipak_Sharma)\
**Post date:** [August 19, 2020, 11:28am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/managing-kibana-for-multiple-users/245412/9 "2020-08-19T11:28:31Z")

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No, not showing any data.

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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 16, 2020, 11:28am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/managing-kibana-for-multiple-users/245412/10 "2020-09-16T11:28:38Z")

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