# Modify sourcecode to achieve dashboard only mode

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/modify-sourcecode-to-achieve-dashboard-only-mode/289936>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Created:** [November 23, 2021, 10:08am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/modify-sourcecode-to-achieve-dashboard-only-mode/289936 "2021-11-23T10:08:34Z")\
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**Author:** ![laigood](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/laigood/32/30060_2.png) [@laigood](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/laigood)\
**Post date:** [November 23, 2021, 10:08am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/modify-sourcecode-to-achieve-dashboard-only-mode/289936/1 "2021-11-23T10:08:34Z")

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I have an unsecurity es cluster，and i deploy a normal kibana for daily mangement and analysis data.then i want to deploy another kibana to achieve dashboard only mode,i want to modify source code to cut out other function,but i not familiar with nodejs，anyone can tell me how to achieve this

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**Author:** ![Marco\_Liberati](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/marco_liberati/32/82953_2.png) [@Marco\_Liberati](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Marco_Liberati)\
**Post date:** [November 23, 2021, 10:28am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/modify-sourcecode-to-achieve-dashboard-only-mode/289936/2 "2021-11-23T10:28:51Z")

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Hi @laigood

welcome to the Kibana community.

Have you already considered configuring a Space? Here's some space configuration guide: [Spaces | Kibana Guide [master] | Elastic](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/kibana/master/xpack-spaces.html)

When configuring one role for a Space you can enable permissions to only show the Dashboard plugin and nothing else, as shown in here:

 ![Screenshot 2021-11-23 at 11.26.46](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/5/2/52e25bcc156ad9dd82e4fc0e60e3f83103ee7911.png)

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**Author:** ![laigood](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/laigood/32/30060_2.png) [@laigood](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/laigood)\
**Post date:** [November 23, 2021, 11:26am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/modify-sourcecode-to-achieve-dashboard-only-mode/289936/3 "2021-11-23T11:26:20Z")

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I use kibana 7.3.2 and the Space function still have manage icon on left tab and seen can't remove it

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**Author:** ![Marco\_Liberati](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/marco_liberati/32/82953_2.png) [@Marco\_Liberati](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Marco_Liberati)\
**Post date:** [November 23, 2021, 11:38am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/modify-sourcecode-to-achieve-dashboard-only-mode/289936/4 "2021-11-23T11:38:00Z")

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In Kibana 7.3.2 the Space interface was slightly different, but it is possible to achieve the same result from what I see: [Spaces | Kibana Guide [7.3] | Elastic](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/kibana/7.3/xpack-spaces.html)

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**Author:** ![laigood](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/laigood/32/30060_2.png) [@laigood](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/laigood)\
**Post date:** [November 24, 2021, 1:51am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/modify-sourcecode-to-achieve-dashboard-only-mode/289936/5 "2021-11-24T01:51:08Z")

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But it still have Management icon,i want to hide it and only show dashboard icon

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**Author:** ![warkolm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/warkolm/32/39224_2.png) [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)\
**Post date:** [November 24, 2021, 1:52am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/modify-sourcecode-to-achieve-dashboard-only-mode/289936/6 "2021-11-24T01:52:14Z")

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> [@laigood](#):
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> I use kibana 7.3.2

FYI 7.3 is [EOL](https://www.elastic.co/support/eol) and no longer supported. You would be better off upgrading and seeing what improvements have been made around access control. Latest is 7.15.

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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:** [December 22, 2021, 1:52am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/modify-sourcecode-to-achieve-dashboard-only-mode/289936/7 "2021-12-22T01:52:22Z")

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