# What are the differences between \`xpack.security.http.ssl.enabled\` and \`xpack.security.transport.ssl.enabled\`

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/what-are-the-differences-between-xpack-security-http-ssl-enabled-and-xpack-security-transport-ssl-enabled/287757>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Tags:** elastic-stack-security\
**Created:** [October 27, 2021, 6:47am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/what-are-the-differences-between-xpack-security-http-ssl-enabled-and-xpack-security-transport-ssl-enabled/287757 "2021-10-27T06:47:50Z")\
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**Author:** ![QiaolingTang](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/qiaolingtang/32/88756_2.png) [@QiaolingTang](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/QiaolingTang)\
**Post date:** [October 27, 2021, 6:47am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/what-are-the-differences-between-xpack-security-http-ssl-enabled-and-xpack-security-transport-ssl-enabled/287757/1 "2021-10-27T06:47:51Z")

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I'm trying to configure xpack on my ES cluster, when I read the [document](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/6.8/security-settings.html), for the `xpack.security.http.ssl.enabled` and `xpack.security.transport.ssl.enabled`, both of them are `Used to enable or disable TLS/SSL.`, but I can't find any docs about their differences. Are there any differences?

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**Author:** ![warkolm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/warkolm/32/39224_2.png) [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)\
**Post date:** [October 27, 2021, 6:49am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/what-are-the-differences-between-xpack-security-http-ssl-enabled-and-xpack-security-transport-ssl-enabled/287757/2 "2021-10-27T06:49:35Z")

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HTTP is for the API that you would interact with.  
Transport is for inter-node communications.

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**Author:** ![QiaolingTang](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/qiaolingtang/32/88756_2.png) [@QiaolingTang](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/QiaolingTang)\
**Post date:** [October 27, 2021, 7:14am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/what-are-the-differences-between-xpack-security-http-ssl-enabled-and-xpack-security-transport-ssl-enabled/287757/3 "2021-10-27T07:14:06Z")

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I see, thank you a lot.

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**Author:** ![AdamWritesDocs](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/adamwritesdocs/32/88193_2.png) [@AdamWritesDocs](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/AdamWritesDocs)\
**Post date:** [October 27, 2021, 4:24pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/what-are-the-differences-between-xpack-security-http-ssl-enabled-and-xpack-security-transport-ssl-enabled/287757/4 "2021-10-27T16:24:04Z")

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Thank you for raising this issue! I'll update the docs to distinguish that these settings are for enabling TLS on different layers.

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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 24, 2021, 4:24pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/what-are-the-differences-between-xpack-security-http-ssl-enabled-and-xpack-security-transport-ssl-enabled/287757/5 "2021-11-24T16:24:46Z")

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