# Why is kibana web server is Not secure

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/why-is-kibana-web-server-is-not-secure/241710>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Created:** [July 17, 2020, 7:05pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/why-is-kibana-web-server-is-not-secure/241710 "2020-07-17T19:05:31Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Splunk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8c91f0/32.png) [@Splunk](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Splunk)\
**Post date:** [July 17, 2020, 7:05pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/why-is-kibana-web-server-is-not-secure/241710/1 "2020-07-17T19:05:32Z")

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Please take look at the screenshot, chrome saying Not Secure, is it safe to access imp data on kibana?

 ![Screen Shot 2020-07-17 at 12.06.25 PM](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/d/0/d0c810c0f84db4fc479ef3a187625c64607713a0.png)

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**Author:** ![cheiligers](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/cheiligers/32/73114_2.png) [@cheiligers](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/cheiligers)\
**Post date:** [July 17, 2020, 8:48pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/why-is-kibana-web-server-is-not-secure/241710/2 "2020-07-17T20:48:34Z")

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@Splunk How are you running Kibana and what version are you running?

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**Author:** ![Splunk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8c91f0/32.png) [@Splunk](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Splunk)\
**Post date:** [July 20, 2020, 5:21pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/why-is-kibana-web-server-is-not-secure/241710/3 "2020-07-20T17:21:44Z")

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i am running from EC2 instance, version 7.5

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**Author:** ![cheiligers](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/cheiligers/32/73114_2.png) [@cheiligers](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/cheiligers)\
**Post date:** [July 20, 2020, 6:37pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/why-is-kibana-web-server-is-not-secure/241710/4 "2020-07-20T18:37:07Z")

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Thanks for the info @Splunk. One can implement communication encryption, as explained in [this guide](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/kibana/7.5/configuring-tls.html#configuring-tls). Note that:

> You do not need to enable the Elasticsearch security features for this type of encryption

I hope that helps.

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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:** [August 17, 2020, 6:37pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/why-is-kibana-web-server-is-not-secure/241710/5 "2020-08-17T18:37:23Z")

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