# SSL auth when getting data

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/ssl-auth-when-getting-data/9214>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [October 2, 2012, 5:35pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/ssl-auth-when-getting-data/9214 "2012-10-02T17:35:37Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Billy\_Newman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/919ad9/32.png) [@Billy\_Newman](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Billy_Newman)\
**Post date:** [October 2, 2012, 5:35pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/ssl-auth-when-getting-data/9214/1 "2012-10-02T17:35:37Z")

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I am new to elasticsearch so please go easy 😉

I am just getting started with using it and I want to see if it can help  
with my problem. There are a number of restful resources on my system and  
other systems that I would like to access and scrap the data back into my  
elasticsearch index. A couple questions come to mind:

1. I believe that the way to accomplish this is through a 'River'. If  
that is true is their already a river plugin written that can hit a URL and  
index the data?

2. My URLs are SSL. So when I go to [https://server.com/resource](https://server.com/resource) is there a  
way using the river that I can present a certificate?

Thanks for getting me started, I appreciate it.

Billy

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**Author:** ![BillyEm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c4cdca/32.png) [@BillyEm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/BillyEm)\
**Post date:** [October 4, 2012, 12:27am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/ssl-auth-when-getting-data/9214/2 "2012-10-04T00:27:28Z")

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Sorry, I can't endorse platform specific SSL solutions. You should find a  
SSO solution that you can then bend into your platforms. The benefits of  
SSO are unequivocal for users, sysadmins, and audit trails.  
Atlassian Crowd can be a quick trial evaluation. If your certificates are  
to be published....some people will report them if not valid. And Mozilla  
and Microsoft will cache them ... remotely.

b

On Tuesday, October 2, 2012 1:35:37 PM UTC-4, Billy Newman wrote:

> I am new to elasticsearch so please go easy 😉
> 
> I am just getting started with using it and I want to see if it can help  
> with my problem. There are a number of restful resources on my system and  
> other systems that I would like to access and scrap the data back into my  
> elasticsearch index. A couple questions come to mind:
> 
> 1. I believe that the way to accomplish this is through a 'River'. If  
> that is true is their already a river plugin written that can hit a URL and  
> index the data?
> 
> 2. My URLs are SSL. So when I go to [https://server.com/resource](https://server.com/resource) is there  
> a way using the river that I can present a certificate?
> 
> Thanks for getting me started, I appreciate it.
> 
> Billy

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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, 3:10am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/ssl-auth-when-getting-data/9214/3 "2017-07-06T03:10:14Z")

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