# Security Option for Kibana

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/security-option-for-kibana/233874>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Created:** [May 22, 2020, 9:21am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/security-option-for-kibana/233874 "2020-05-22T09:21:08Z")\
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**Author:** ![Devops2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f19dbf/32.png) [@Devops2](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Devops2)\
**Post date:** [May 22, 2020, 9:21am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/security-option-for-kibana/233874/1 "2020-05-22T09:21:08Z")

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I'm using the free version of ELK stack. Is it necessary for ELK stack to be paid version to enable the authentication for Kibana dashboard.

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**Author:** ![Velmurugan\_Baskaran](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/velmurugan_baskaran/32/46749_2.png) [@Velmurugan\_Baskaran](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Velmurugan_Baskaran)\
**Post date:** [May 23, 2020, 9:16pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/security-option-for-kibana/233874/2 "2020-05-23T21:16:47Z")

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Basic authentication and authorization is available as part of basic License.

You should have the version \> 6.8.

> **[Security for Elasticsearch is now free](https://www.elastic.co/blog/security-for-elasticsearch-is-now-free)**
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> We are thrilled to announce that the core security features of the Elastic Stack -- like TLS encryption, RBAC, and both file and native authentication -- are now free.

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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:** [June 20, 2020, 9:16pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/security-option-for-kibana/233874/3 "2020-06-20T21:16:49Z")

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