# Odbc SQL rest access

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/odbc-sql-rest-access/220726>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [February 24, 2020, 9:17pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/odbc-sql-rest-access/220726 "2020-02-24T21:17:54Z")\
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**Author:** ![rajsolanki](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/rajsolanki/32/86859_2.png) [@rajsolanki](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/rajsolanki)\
**Post date:** [February 24, 2020, 9:17pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/odbc-sql-rest-access/220726/1 "2020-02-24T21:17:55Z")

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hi on my ELK cluster i have LDAP (active directory) security enabled. i m trying to setup odbc from here [https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/sql-odbc-setup.html](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/sql-odbc-setup.html) and page says abotu security "If security is enabled, these fields will need to contain the credentials of the user configured to access the REST SQL endpoint." How do i give my user access REST SQL endpoint ?

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**Author:** ![bogdan.pintea](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/bogdan.pintea/32/45740_2.png) [@bogdan.pintea](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/bogdan.pintea)\
**Post date:** [March 3, 2020, 8:59pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/odbc-sql-rest-access/220726/2 "2020-03-03T20:59:57Z")

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The referenced documentation has been updated, no special provisions are required for the SQL endpoint in particular.

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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:** [March 31, 2020, 9:00pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/odbc-sql-rest-access/220726/3 "2020-03-31T21:00:08Z")

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