# User Authentication/Lockout mechanism

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/user-authentication-lockout-mechanism/260980>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Tags:** elastic-stack-security\
**Created:** [January 13, 2021, 10:54am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/user-authentication-lockout-mechanism/260980 "2021-01-13T10:54:31Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Boopathi\_Raj](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/boopathi_raj/32/82173_2.png) [@Boopathi\_Raj](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Boopathi_Raj)\
**Post date:** [January 13, 2021, 10:54am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/user-authentication-lockout-mechanism/260980/1 "2021-01-13T10:54:31Z")

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Hi Team,

We want to implement the following user Authentication mechanism for Elastic/Kibana users.

- Lockout after 6 invalid tries
- Lockout for a minimum of 30 mins or until administrator enables the account ( After Lockout after 6 invalid tries)  
-2FA authentication

Thanks  
Boopathi

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**Author:** ![TimV](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/timv/32/13162_2.png) [@TimV](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/TimV)\
**Post date:** [January 13, 2021, 1:29pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/user-authentication-lockout-mechanism/260980/2 "2021-01-13T13:29:59Z")

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You will need to use an external authentication provider (e.g. SAML or OIDC) for that sort of functionality.

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**Author:** ![Boopathi\_Raj](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/boopathi_raj/32/82173_2.png) [@Boopathi\_Raj](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Boopathi_Raj)\
**Post date:** [January 14, 2021, 3:44am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/user-authentication-lockout-mechanism/260980/3 "2021-01-14T03:44:41Z")

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Thanks a lot. I will check SAML and OIDC for the same.

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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:** [February 11, 2021, 3:45am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/user-authentication-lockout-mechanism/260980/4 "2021-02-11T03:45:21Z")

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