# Passing basic authentication from IIS to elasticsearch xpack

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/passing-basic-authentication-from-iis-to-elasticsearch-xpack/171929>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Tags:** elastic-stack-security\
**Created:** [March 12, 2019, 11:07am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/passing-basic-authentication-from-iis-to-elasticsearch-xpack/171929 "2019-03-12T11:07:26Z")\
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**Author:** ![Jayanthi\_Bhanuji\_Rao](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/jayanthi_bhanuji_rao/32/73312_2.png) [@Jayanthi\_Bhanuji\_Rao](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Jayanthi_Bhanuji_Rao)\
**Post date:** [March 12, 2019, 11:07am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/passing-basic-authentication-from-iis-to-elasticsearch-xpack/171929/1 "2019-03-12T11:07:27Z")

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Hello,

Is there any way to pass the credentials entered in IIS basic authentication to Elasticsearch xpack?

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**Author:** ![Jayanthi\_Bhanuji\_Rao](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/jayanthi_bhanuji_rao/32/73312_2.png) [@Jayanthi\_Bhanuji\_Rao](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Jayanthi_Bhanuji_Rao)\
**Post date:** [March 13, 2019, 9:34am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/passing-basic-authentication-from-iis-to-elasticsearch-xpack/171929/2 "2019-03-13T09:34:55Z")

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Hello Team,

Can anyone help me out with this issue?

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**Author:** ![ikakavas](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/ikakavas/32/34430_2.png) [@ikakavas](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ikakavas)\
**Post date:** [March 13, 2019, 2:06pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/passing-basic-authentication-from-iis-to-elasticsearch-xpack/171929/3 "2019-03-13T14:06:06Z")

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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:** [April 10, 2019, 2:06pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/passing-basic-authentication-from-iis-to-elasticsearch-xpack/171929/4 "2019-04-10T14:06:10Z")

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Closed on April 10, 2019, 2:06pm UTC

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