# Protecting Public Kibana Instance With Cloudflare

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/protecting-public-kibana-instance-with-cloudflare/179025>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Created:** [April 30, 2019, 6:47am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/protecting-public-kibana-instance-with-cloudflare/179025 "2019-04-30T06:47:04Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![NetwarSystem](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/netwarsystem/32/50862_2.png) [@NetwarSystem](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/NetwarSystem)\
**Post date:** [April 30, 2019, 6:47am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/protecting-public-kibana-instance-with-cloudflare/179025/1 "2019-04-30T06:47:04Z")

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I have searched a bit and I see a lot of information on using ELK to analyze Cloudflare behavior, but nothing on protecting a public facing Kibana instance using Cloudflare.

I have a domain ([netwarsystem.com](http://netwarsystem.com)) and there is a publicly accessible Kibana system hidden behind an Apache reverse proxy. We are using Search Guard for userids and such, that works fine. Our next step is providing access to a couple of indices for an anonymous user - which requires no authentication. The goal there is offering a live dashboard for users who come to our web site.

Is there an example anywhere of how to best configure Cloudflare for this sort of application?

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**Author:** ![Catherine\_Liu](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/catherine_liu/32/34294_2.png) [@Catherine\_Liu](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Catherine_Liu)\
**Post date:** [April 30, 2019, 7:03pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/protecting-public-kibana-instance-with-cloudflare/179025/2 "2019-04-30T19:03:51Z")

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I'm unable to provide any insight on how to configure Cloudfare, but we do have a feature request for anonymous access that you can track [here](https://github.com/elastic/kibana/issues/18331).

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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:** [May 28, 2019, 7:04pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/protecting-public-kibana-instance-with-cloudflare/179025/3 "2019-05-28T19:04:01Z")

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