# PKI Auth on Elasticsearch Service

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/pki-auth-on-elasticsearch-service/214332>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [January 9, 2020, 2:02am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/pki-auth-on-elasticsearch-service/214332 "2020-01-09T02:02:56Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Arthur\_Spector](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/arthur_spector/32/44720_2.png) [@Arthur\_Spector](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Arthur_Spector)\
**Post date:** [January 9, 2020, 2:02am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/pki-auth-on-elasticsearch-service/214332/1 "2020-01-09T02:02:56Z")

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It is well documented that Elasticsearch can be configured to authenticate users via PKI authentication but can this be configured for deployments on Elastic Cloud?

This page references three auth providers, none of which are PKI  
[https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/cloud/current/ec-security.html](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/cloud/current/ec-security.html)

This page lists supported settings but does not list the pki realm config  
[https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/cloud/current/ec-add-user-settings.html](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/cloud/current/ec-add-user-settings.html)

So is it not possible today? Is there any way to achieve this?

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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:** [January 10, 2020, 8:02pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/pki-auth-on-elasticsearch-service/214332/2 "2020-01-10T20:02:36Z")

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Hi,

Correct ,this is not possible today , PKI authentication is not available in Elasticsearch Service

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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:** [February 7, 2020, 8:02pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/pki-auth-on-elasticsearch-service/214332/3 "2020-02-07T20:02:36Z")

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