# Security Plugin for Kibana

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/security-plugin-for-kibana/136238>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Created:** [June 18, 2018, 4:38am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/security-plugin-for-kibana/136238 "2018-06-18T04:38:27Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![gaurav\_kumar2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c37758/32.png) [@gaurav\_kumar2](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/gaurav_kumar2)\
**Post date:** [June 18, 2018, 4:38am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/security-plugin-for-kibana/136238/1 "2018-06-18T04:38:27Z")

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Is there any free alternative for Kibana security plugin(version 4.X.X): Shield ?

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**Author:** ![Bill\_McConaghy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed655f/32.png) [@Bill\_McConaghy](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Bill_McConaghy)\
**Post date:** [June 18, 2018, 1:26pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/security-plugin-for-kibana/136238/2 "2018-06-18T13:26:09Z")

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This one is popular and has some free features: [https://github.com/floragunncom/search-guard](https://github.com/floragunncom/search-guard) . Not sure about its support for 4.x Kibana. This one looks like it supports 4.x but I've never used it: [https://github.com/elasticfence/kibana-auth-plugin](https://github.com/elasticfence/kibana-auth-plugin) . If you Google "kibana security plugin free" you will find these and a number of other ones.

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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:** [July 16, 2018, 1:26pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/security-plugin-for-kibana/136238/3 "2018-07-16T13:26:14Z")

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