# What user role do I need need for shipping logs from fluentd to elastic search **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Tags:** elastic-stack-security\ **Created:** [November 18, 2020, 10:18pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/what-user-role-do-i-need-need-for-shipping-logs-from-fluentd-to-elastic-search/255910 "2020-11-18T22:18:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![FASUGBA\_boluwatife](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/fasugba_boluwatife/32/79258_2.png) [@FASUGBA\_boluwatife](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/FASUGBA_boluwatife)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2020, 10:18pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/what-user-role-do-i-need-need-for-shipping-logs-from-fluentd-to-elastic-search/255910/1 "2020-11-18T22:18:07Z")
Hi guys, please what user role do I need to assign to a user I created in my elastic cloud cluster to be able to forward logs from fluentd to elastic search? Thanks ---
**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:** [November 18, 2020, 10:20pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/what-user-role-do-i-need-need-for-shipping-logs-from-fluentd-to-elastic-search/255910/2 "2020-11-18T22:20:38Z")
Welcome to our community! 😃 We aren't super familiar with fluentd/bit, but I would suggest starting with the Filebeat roles and users and see if they work. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2020, 10:20pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/what-user-role-do-i-need-need-for-shipping-logs-from-fluentd-to-elastic-search/255910/3 "2020-12-16T22:20:46Z")
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