# Shield supports single sign on

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/shield-supports-single-sign-on/28327>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Tags:** elastic-stack-security\
**Created:** [August 31, 2015, 6:14am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/shield-supports-single-sign-on/28327 "2015-08-31T06:14:00Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![Sai\_Birada](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/sai_birada/32/142367_2.png) [@Sai\_Birada](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Sai_Birada)\
**Post date:** [August 31, 2015, 6:14am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/shield-supports-single-sign-on/28327/1 "2015-08-31T06:14:01Z")

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Does shield supports single sign on

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**Author:** ![warkolm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/warkolm/32/39224_2.png) [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)\
**Post date:** [August 31, 2015, 6:29am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/shield-supports-single-sign-on/28327/2 "2015-08-31T06:29:16Z")

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Shield supports a number of authentication backends, but what specifically do you want to know about the application of SSO to Shield?

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**Author:** ![Sai\_Birada](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/sai_birada/32/142367_2.png) [@Sai\_Birada](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Sai_Birada)\
**Post date:** [August 31, 2015, 7:07am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/shield-supports-single-sign-on/28327/3 "2015-08-31T07:07:35Z")

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I want to know whether using ldap authentication supports SSO to shield

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**Author:** ![warkolm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/warkolm/32/39224_2.png) [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)\
**Post date:** [August 31, 2015, 7:13am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/shield-supports-single-sign-on/28327/4 "2015-08-31T07:13:45Z")

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You can configure an LDAP SSO realm if you want - [https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/shield/current/ldap.html](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/shield/current/ldap.html)

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**Author:** ![Sai\_Birada](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/sai_birada/32/142367_2.png) [@Sai\_Birada](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Sai_Birada)\
**Post date:** [August 31, 2015, 7:21am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/shield-supports-single-sign-on/28327/5 "2015-08-31T07:21:31Z")

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Thanks warkolm for such a quick response.

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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, 1:48pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/shield-supports-single-sign-on/28327/6 "2017-07-06T13:48:26Z")

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