# Which user role to be selected for User name which will be configured in Winlogbeat configuration?

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/which-user-role-to-be-selected-for-user-name-which-will-be-configured-in-winlogbeat-configuration/230007>\
**Category:** Beats\
**Tags:** winlogbeat\
**Created:** [April 27, 2020, 6:43pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/which-user-role-to-be-selected-for-user-name-which-will-be-configured-in-winlogbeat-configuration/230007 "2020-04-27T18:43:13Z")\
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**Author:** ![santhiprakash](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/santhiprakash/32/67219_2.png) [@santhiprakash](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/santhiprakash)\
**Post date:** [April 27, 2020, 6:43pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/which-user-role-to-be-selected-for-user-name-which-will-be-configured-in-winlogbeat-configuration/230007/1 "2020-04-27T18:43:13Z")

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Hi Folks,

After trying for a few days, I am able to set up the Elastic server with Kibana in the cluster.

To Deploy Beats (Winlogbeat) on desktops to send logs to Elastic or Logstash, Which user role to be selected for a User name which will be configured in Winlogbeat configuration?

Please help.

Thanks,  
Prakash

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**Author:** ![KoettingSimon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ba9def/32.png) [@KoettingSimon](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/KoettingSimon)\
**Post date:** [April 27, 2020, 7:36pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/which-user-role-to-be-selected-for-user-name-which-will-be-configured-in-winlogbeat-configuration/230007/2 "2020-04-27T19:36:10Z")

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Hi Prakash,  
Please have a look at this guide: [https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/beats/winlogbeat/current/feature-roles.html](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/beats/winlogbeat/current/feature-roles.html)  
Especially at this chapters:  
Setup-Role  
[https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/beats/winlogbeat/current/feature-roles.html#privileges-to-setup-beats](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/beats/winlogbeat/current/feature-roles.html#privileges-to-setup-beats)

and Writer-Role  
[https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/beats/winlogbeat/current/feature-roles.html#privileges-to-publish-events](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/beats/winlogbeat/current/feature-roles.html#privileges-to-publish-events)

Hope it will help you.

Regards,  
Simon

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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 25, 2020, 7:36pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/which-user-role-to-be-selected-for-user-name-which-will-be-configured-in-winlogbeat-configuration/230007/3 "2020-05-25T19:36:14Z")

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