# Pass auth ldap authentication to Kibana for iframe

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/pass-auth-ldap-authentication-to-kibana-for-iframe/93764>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Created:** [July 19, 2017, 1:06pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/pass-auth-ldap-authentication-to-kibana-for-iframe/93764 "2017-07-19T13:06:52Z")\
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All authentication is performed by the backend Elasticsearch cluster, including LDAP, so you'd only be concerned with passing a Basic authentication header to Kibana for loading the iframe. There are security implications for doing something on the client. I would suggest trying something more like [Auto-authenticating to iframe-embedded Kibana dashboard](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/auto-authenticating-to-iframe-embedded-kibana-dashboard/46091/3).

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