# Using remote reindex on clusters which doesn't support username & password **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [June 16, 2020, 3:44pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/using-remote-reindex-on-clusters-which-doesnt-support-username-password/237333 "2020-06-16T15:44:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ankikala](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ea666f/32.png) [@ankikala](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ankikala)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2020, 3:44pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/using-remote-reindex-on-clusters-which-doesnt-support-username-password/237333/1 "2020-06-16T15:44:24Z")
Hello, I was exploring the remote reindex feature. Looking at the documentation and a bit of code reading, it seems remote reindex would only work if the cluster supports username & password kind of authentication. So does this mean that auth realms which don't rely on username and password are not supported by this feature? References: [https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/docs-reindex.html#reindex-from-remote](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/docs-reindex.html#reindex-from-remote) [https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/reindex-upgrade-remote.html](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/reindex-upgrade-remote.html) [https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/realms.html](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/realms.html) ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2020, 3:53pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/using-remote-reindex-on-clusters-which-doesnt-support-username-password/237333/2 "2020-07-14T15:53:05Z")
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