# Unable to see the security option on kibana under management which allows us to create users and roles

**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-see-the-security-option-on-kibana-under-management-which-allows-us-to-create-users-and-roles/125494
**Category:** Kibana
**Created:** [March 25, 2018, 3:57pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-see-the-security-option-on-kibana-under-management-which-allows-us-to-create-users-and-roles/125494 "2018-03-25T15:57:54Z")
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### Author: ![mohsinhafeez](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/6bbea6/32.png) [@mohsinhafeez](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/mohsinhafeez)
#### Post date: [March 25, 2018, 3:57pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-see-the-security-option-on-kibana-under-management-which-allows-us-to-create-users-and-roles/125494/1 "2018-03-25T15:57:54Z")

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Hey guys,

I am unable to see the security option on kibana under management which allows us to create users and roles. I remember seeing it earlier, it isn’t present now. Any idea what might cause this?

Regards,  
Mohsin

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### Author: ![Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/christian_dahlqvist/32/4617_2.png) [@Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Christian_Dahlqvist)
#### Post date: [March 25, 2018, 4:11pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-see-the-security-option-on-kibana-under-management-which-allows-us-to-create-users-and-roles/125494/2 "2018-03-25T16:11:08Z")

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Have you perhaps disabled security in Elasticsearch?

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### Author: ![mohsinhafeez](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/6bbea6/32.png) [@mohsinhafeez](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/mohsinhafeez)
#### Post date: [March 25, 2018, 4:31pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-see-the-security-option-on-kibana-under-management-which-allows-us-to-create-users-and-roles/125494/3 "2018-03-25T16:31:01Z")

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Thanks for replying, where can I check and confirm?

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### Author: ![Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/christian_dahlqvist/32/4617_2.png) [@Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Christian_Dahlqvist)
#### Post date: [March 25, 2018, 4:42pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-see-the-security-option-on-kibana-under-management-which-allows-us-to-create-users-and-roles/125494/4 "2018-03-25T16:42:28Z")

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Check in the `elasticsearch.yml` file.

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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: [April 22, 2018, 4:42pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-see-the-security-option-on-kibana-under-management-which-allows-us-to-create-users-and-roles/125494/5 "2018-04-22T16:42:56Z")

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