# Short URL for public users **URL:** \ **Category:** Kibana\ **Created:** [June 28, 2021, 6:45pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/short-url-for-public-users/277266 "2021-06-28T18:45:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![martinsz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a3d4f5/32.png) [@martinsz](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/martinsz)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2021, 6:45pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/short-url-for-public-users/277266/1 "2021-06-28T18:45:27Z")
Hello, we're having an issue trying to generate short permalinks for our public users. Our set-up is login via header in an nginx proxy for the public user and the public space, which are very restricted. But the links they can generate are failing to parse correctly in libreoffice writer, so we want to give them the capability for short links, but there's no way. I tried the suggestion of providing "index" privileges in .kibana but it's not working. Any other ideas? Thanks. I think the issue is the same as this: > [@I want add read-only users but they can create short URLs on Kibana](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/i-want-add-read-only-users-but-they-can-create-short-urls-on-kibana/111892): > > If I make readonly user for kibana, readonly user cannot make short URL for kibana. This is not convenient for our use case. Now our business is following case. We service to customer as SaaS. We insert data in elastic cloud and make dashboard for customers. All customers watch same dashboard. All customers have only readonly role. Sometimes the customer add filter and bookmark it. And the customer want share it to their team member of above filtered dashboard. But the customer have no w… I added a comment on github here: > > > \*Original comment by @alexfrancoeur:\* > > It can be confusing to \`read-only\` users …that they require \`index\` privileges on the \`.kibana\` index in order to create a short URL for a saved search, dashboard or visualization. This was originally brought up in a support dev help issue. While I understand why it is necessary at the moment, I'd like to explore other possibilities to see how we could grant read-only users the ability to create short URL's. > > Some ideas that have been brought up: > \* Use a dedicated index for short URL's that we implement our own security on top of it. This would remove the dependency on the \`.kibana\` index and we can grant write access to a dedicated short url index > \* Utilizing the kibana internal user to generate short urls so read only users can do it > > cc: @Stacey-Gammon @kobelb ---
**Author:** ![Marta\_Bondyra](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/marta_bondyra/32/102122_2.png) [@Marta\_Bondyra](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Marta_Bondyra)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2021, 12:37pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/short-url-for-public-users/277266/2 "2021-07-19T12:37:55Z")
Hi @martinsz, did the github issue help you find a response to your question? ---
**Author:** ![martinsz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a3d4f5/32.png) [@martinsz](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/martinsz)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2021, 5:00pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/short-url-for-public-users/277266/3 "2021-07-19T17:00:41Z")
Hello Marta, thanks for asking. The conclusion in github is that the functionality is there but I don't have the right license to access it, which is disappointing. We are a non-profit, see out introduction post here: [Help a non-profit STIR the data](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/help-a-non-profit-stir-the-data/251589) ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2021, 5:01pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/short-url-for-public-users/277266/4 "2021-08-16T17:01:42Z")
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