# SSL settings for Kibana **URL:** \ **Category:** Beats\ **Tags:** auditbeat\ **Created:** [June 19, 2019, 11:32am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/ssl-settings-for-kibana/186453 "2019-06-19T11:32:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![tterranigma](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/tterranigma/32/48360_2.png) [@tterranigma](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/tterranigma)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2019, 11:32am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/ssl-settings-for-kibana/186453/1 "2019-06-19T11:32:50Z")
I am using the latest stable releases (7.1.x). Reading the [documentation for Auditbeat and how to setup the Kibana dashboards that come with it](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/beats/auditbeat/current/setup-kibana-endpoint.html), it says that you can enable ssl for the connection to Kibana. The example configuration says: ```auto setup.kibana.host: "https://192.0.2.255:5601" setup.kibana.ssl.enabled: true setup.kibana.ssl.certificate_authorities: ["/etc/pki/root/ca.pem"] setup.kibana.ssl.certificate: "/etc/pki/client/cert.pem" setup.kibana.ssl.key: "/etc/pki/client/cert.key ``` I wonder what role the `setup.kibana.ssl.certificate` and `setup.kibana.ssl.key` options have. If I have understood the documentation correctly, these are used for client authentication. This makes sense when configuring ssl for the `elasticsearch` output of Auditbeat, but in Kibana's documentation, I haven't found mentions of client certificates being used when connecting to Kibana. So, my question is, are these keys meaningful for configuring the Kibana endpoint in Auditbeat? ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2019, 11:32am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/ssl-settings-for-kibana/186453/2 "2019-07-10T11:32:51Z")
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