# My Concern when in Internet public access **URL:** \ **Category:** APM\ **Tags:** server\ **Created:** [September 12, 2019, 4:30am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/my-concern-when-in-internet-public-access/199169 "2019-09-12T04:30:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Joseph\_John](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/joseph_john/32/53907_2.png) [@Joseph\_John](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Joseph_John)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2019, 4:30am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/my-concern-when-in-internet-public-access/199169/1 "2019-09-12T04:30:03Z")
Hi All, Good morning I have concern about when elasticsearch is kept in the publicdomain, If I have opened port for Kibana, elastiseach and APM agent for other people to see the demo. I thought about it and sharing my concern, any url for guidelines to host in publicdomain(internet available) thanks Joseph John ---
**Author:** ![stephenb](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/stephenb/32/40856_2.png) [@stephenb](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/stephenb)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2019, 4:58am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/my-concern-when-in-internet-public-access/199169/2 "2019-09-12T04:58:38Z")
Perhaps starting with this section on [Securing the Elastic Stack](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elastic-stack-overview/current/elasticsearch-security.html) would be a good place to start. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2019, 12:58am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/my-concern-when-in-internet-public-access/199169/3 "2019-10-03T00:58:39Z")
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