# What type of encryption does elasticsearch use?

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/what-type-of-encryption-does-elasticsearch-use/175238>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [April 3, 2019, 3:35pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/what-type-of-encryption-does-elasticsearch-use/175238 "2019-04-03T15:35:48Z")\
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**Author:** ![fabian1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/eada6e/32.png) [@fabian1](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/fabian1)\
**Post date:** [April 3, 2019, 3:35pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/what-type-of-encryption-does-elasticsearch-use/175238/1 "2019-04-03T15:35:48Z")

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good morning could you help me with this doubt  
what type of encryption does elacticsearch use?

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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:** [April 3, 2019, 8:55pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/what-type-of-encryption-does-elasticsearch-use/175238/2 "2019-04-03T20:55:01Z")

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Encryption for what exactly?

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**Author:** ![fabian1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/eada6e/32.png) [@fabian1](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/fabian1)\
**Post date:** [April 3, 2019, 9:10pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/what-type-of-encryption-does-elasticsearch-use/175238/3 "2019-04-03T21:10:25Z")

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encryption for sending information between agent Beat and ECLOUD, what type of encryption is used when this process is being performed

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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:** [April 3, 2019, 9:16pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/what-type-of-encryption-does-elasticsearch-use/175238/4 "2019-04-03T21:16:30Z")

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It uses HTTPS, which is TLS. I am not sure on what specific ciphers it uses though.

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**Author:** ![fabian1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/eada6e/32.png) [@fabian1](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/fabian1)\
**Post date:** [April 3, 2019, 9:28pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/what-type-of-encryption-does-elasticsearch-use/175238/5 "2019-04-03T21:28:22Z")

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thank you

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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:** [May 1, 2019, 9:28pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/what-type-of-encryption-does-elasticsearch-use/175238/6 "2019-05-01T21:28:26Z")

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