# Steps for configuring SAML for kibana cloud

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/steps-for-configuring-saml-for-kibana-cloud/154227>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Created:** [October 26, 2018, 3:06pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/steps-for-configuring-saml-for-kibana-cloud/154227 "2018-10-26T15:06:16Z")\
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**Author:** ![nikhil.bokil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c37758/32.png) [@nikhil.bokil](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/nikhil.bokil)\
**Post date:** [October 26, 2018, 3:06pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/steps-for-configuring-saml-for-kibana-cloud/154227/1 "2018-10-26T15:06:16Z")

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I'm using kibana cloud and want to enable the SSO using the SAML, the use case is, A dashboard designed with kibana, is embedded in another website, but when I access the website, the iFrame containing the Kibana Dashboard, asks for user credentials every time.  
After some research I have figured out, if I set up the SAML, my problem will be resolved,  
but I was unable to find out where should I add the Metadata file generated from the IDP.

I'm using Kibana 6.4.2 trail version on cloud.

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**Author:** ![Larry\_Gregory](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/larry_gregory/32/34969_2.png) [@Larry\_Gregory](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Larry_Gregory)\
**Post date:** [October 26, 2018, 5:06pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/steps-for-configuring-saml-for-kibana-cloud/154227/2 "2018-10-26T17:06:21Z")

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Hi @nikhil.bokil,

SAML is not currently supported on the Elastic Cloud. As far as embedding a dashboard in another website, you could put a proxy in front of Kibana, and have this proxy forward credentials to Kibana for authentication.

Here's an example NGINX configuration that you could use as a starting point: [Auto-authenticating to iframe-embedded Kibana dashboard](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/auto-authenticating-to-iframe-embedded-kibana-dashboard/46091/4?u=larry_gregory)

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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:** [November 23, 2018, 5:06pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/steps-for-configuring-saml-for-kibana-cloud/154227/3 "2018-11-23T17:06:21Z")

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