# Shield Alternative

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/shield-alternative/51891>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Created:** [June 6, 2016, 3:45am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/shield-alternative/51891 "2016-06-06T03:45:16Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
**Page:** 1

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**Author:** ![ivanandrianto95](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/48db29/32.png) [@ivanandrianto95](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ivanandrianto95)\
**Post date:** [June 6, 2016, 3:45am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/shield-alternative/51891/1 "2016-06-06T03:45:16Z")

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I protected Kibana and elasticsearch with shield. The problem is it's only 30-day trial. Is there another way to protect Kibana and elasticsearch and how to do it?

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**Author:** ![tinle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c77e96/32.png) [@tinle](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/tinle)\
**Post date:** [June 6, 2016, 4:27pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/shield-alternative/51891/2 "2016-06-06T16:27:40Z")

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Take a look at SearchGuard. It's opensource and free, as in free beer 🙂

> **[Search Guard | Security for Elasticsearch | Search Guard Overview](https://floragunn.com/)**
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> Secure Elasticsearch, Kibana and Logstash with Search Guard, the Elasticsearch security solution that offers encryption, authentication and authorisation.

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**Author:** ![ivanandrianto95](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/48db29/32.png) [@ivanandrianto95](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ivanandrianto95)\
**Post date:** [June 7, 2016, 7:19am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/shield-alternative/51891/3 "2016-06-07T07:19:28Z")

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The plugin is incompatible with Elasticsearch [2.3.3]. Was designed for version [2.2.1]. So I can't use it

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**Author:** ![tinle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c77e96/32.png) [@tinle](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/tinle)\
**Post date:** [June 7, 2016, 4:22pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/shield-alternative/51891/4 "2016-06-07T16:22:36Z")

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I am using it with ES 2.3.2. I have no idea what you are talking about 🙂

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**Author:** ![ivanandrianto95](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/48db29/32.png) [@ivanandrianto95](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ivanandrianto95)\
**Post date:** [June 9, 2016, 6:36am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/shield-alternative/51891/5 "2016-06-09T06:36:55Z")

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How did you install it?

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**Author:** ![jeremyr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df705f/32.png) [@jeremyr](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/jeremyr)\
**Post date:** [June 9, 2016, 6:58am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/shield-alternative/51891/6 "2016-06-09T06:58:55Z")

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search-guard is now compatible with ES 2.3.3

sudo bin/plugin install com.floragunn/search-guard-2/2.3.3.0-beta3

J.

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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 6, 2017, 1:51pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/shield-alternative/51891/7 "2017-07-06T13:51:04Z")

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