# User Management for Kibana (Open Source tools)

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/user-management-for-kibana-open-source-tools/53650>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Created:** [June 22, 2016, 11:00am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/user-management-for-kibana-open-source-tools/53650 "2016-06-22T11:00:04Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![rocky4bmw](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/6bbea6/32.png) [@rocky4bmw](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/rocky4bmw)\
**Post date:** [June 22, 2016, 11:00am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/user-management-for-kibana-open-source-tools/53650/1 "2016-06-22T11:00:04Z")

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Hi Team,

I have installed ELK on a single server , filebeats, topbeats on client servers.

currently I am able to view logs in Kibana dashborad using admin credentials.  
How can we setup usermanagent on Kibana?

Kindly suggest the opensource tools which are used?

Regards  
Rocky.

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**Author:** ![Khalah\_Jones\_Golden](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/khalah_jones_golden/32/7169_2.png) [@Khalah\_Jones\_Golden](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Khalah_Jones_Golden)\
**Post date:** [June 22, 2016, 12:32pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/user-management-for-kibana-open-source-tools/53650/2 "2016-06-22T12:32:26Z")

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There is one[plugin](https://github.com/floragunncom/search-guard) I've found after doing some research, that seems at least maintained, though I'm not sure it will do what you need.

However might I suggest [Shield](https://www.elastic.co/products/shield) it's something we've been constantly working on and improving, and that stays up to date with the latest and greatest ES.

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**Author:** ![rocky4bmw](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/6bbea6/32.png) [@rocky4bmw](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/rocky4bmw)\
**Post date:** [June 22, 2016, 12:42pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/user-management-for-kibana-open-source-tools/53650/3 "2016-06-22T12:42:41Z")

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Thanks Jones for your response. Should be purchase licences for Shield?

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**Author:** ![Khalah\_Jones\_Golden](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/khalah_jones_golden/32/7169_2.png) [@Khalah\_Jones\_Golden](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Khalah_Jones_Golden)\
**Post date:** [June 22, 2016, 1:07pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/user-management-for-kibana-open-source-tools/53650/4 "2016-06-22T13:07:22Z")

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You can start with the trial, set it up. Impress who you must, then buy a license.

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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, 1:49pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/user-management-for-kibana-open-source-tools/53650/5 "2017-07-06T13:49:35Z")

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